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The two scientists discovered that saltpeter formed inside the walls of the caves of the doline, under certain conditions of humidity and temperature. [9] Prior to the discovery, nitraries were widespread all over the Kingdom of Naples. Manure was collected by the government and used to make saltpeter, which was a key ingredient for gunpowder ...
Old School RuneScape is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), developed and published by Jagex.The game was released on 16 February 2013. When Old School RuneScape launched, it began as an August 2007 version of the game RuneScape, which was highly popular prior to the launch of RuneScape 3.
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works are two former saltpeter refineries located in northern Chile.They were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005, as a testament to the historical importance of saltpeter mining in Chile and the culture and social agenda that developed around it in the late 19th century.
[1] [2] This is a list of saltpeter works in the Tarapacá and Antofagasta regions. The information regarding Saltpeter works on this page is compiled from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Country Files (GNS). [3] Unique Feature Identifier (UFI) is a number which uniquely identifies a Geoname feature. Same UFI ...
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The Endless Quest books were three series of gamebooks. The first two series were released in the 1980s and 1990s by TSR , while the third series was released by Wizards of the Coast . Originally, these books were the result of an Educational department established by TSR with the intention of developing curriculum programs for subjects such as ...
It was originally built by hand without machinery, and it was accessible only by scaling the tallest of the three rocky stacks, whose top is 36.5 metres (120 ft) above the sea. [2] It was built under the direction of engineer Árni Þórarinsson [Arni G. Thorarinsson], who recruited experienced climbers to scale the sea stack.
The nitrate oficina (saltpeter mine) of Marusia was located in the foothills of the Andes in the región de Tarapacá, about 4 1 ⁄ 2 miles northwest of the town of Huara. Its monthly production was 865 tons of salt. [1] In March 1925, the mine workers went on strike to demand higher pay, a shorter workday, and better working conditions.