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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.
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A tour guide died at a Colorado gold mine after an elevator experienced a mechanical issue hundreds of feet below ground, trapping a dozen tourists for several hours, authorities said. The ...
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.
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The Niter and Mining Corps was a military unit within the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.Their original task was to keep the Confederacy supplied with minerals and metals needed for the war effort, but as the conflict dragged on, they were at times assigned to field and combat duty.
Chilean society faced a crisis from the late 19th century onwards: what was delicately referred to at the time as the "social question" [4] —namely, "the problem of worsening living and working conditions in the country's mining centers and major cities" [5] [6]: 164ff The nitrate miners' strike of December 1907 was the last of a series of strikes and other forms of unrest that began in 1902 ...