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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 "Four Horsemen" is the professional wrestling faction that competed in the National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling in the 1980s and 1990s. The faction's original incarnation consisted of Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson, Tully Blanchard, and J. J. Dillon, with other members including Lex Luger, Sid Vicious, Sting, Steve McMichael, Dean Malenko, Chris Benoit, Brian ...
Sam Collins (possibly August 11, 1887 – possibly October 20, 1949), [1] sometimes known as Crying Sam Collins, [2] was an early American blues singer and guitarist. [3] His style has been described as "South Mississippi", rather than Delta blues and "The Jail House Blues" is his best-known recording.
In mid-2014, a play explaining the life, death, and trial regarding Mamie Thurman was in the works. The writer, Joyce Robertson, who was able to read through all the court documents in the case, finished the script in 2014. The play, Mamie, focuses on the last few months of Mamie's life, especially centered around her time of death.