Niter for the manufacture of gunpowder, copper, lead, iron, coal, zinc, and other such materials as might be required for the prosecution of the war.
32.
On January 11, 1776, Eve signed a contract with Committee of Secrecy of the Continental Congress to supply gunpowder at $ 8 per hundredweight, with Congress supplying the niter.
33.
The Chateau also hosted " all-niters ", where up-and-coming bands such as The Drifters and Jimmy Cliff and the Shakedown Sound played to hundreds of fans.
34.
In earlier times, niter had been confused with Egyptian " natron " ( sodium carbonate ) called ?????? ( nitron ) in Greek which, despite the name, contained no nitrate.
35.
In Ethiopia, " niter kibbeh " ( ) is made and used in much the same way as ghee, but with spices added during the process that result in distinctive tastes.
36.
The first mention of nitric acid is in Pseudo-Geber's " De Inventione Veritatis ", wherein it is obtained by calcining a mixture of niter, alum and blue vitriol.
37.
It was again described by Albert the Great in the 13th century and by Ramon Lull, who prepared it by heating niter and clay and called it " eau forte " ( aqua fortis ).
38.
Then Mr . Hopkins started to do one niters at all the different places in Philadelphia, like 24 Club, Palumbo s-a nightclub with a seating capacity of 400 and other nightspots in Philadelphia.
39.
Those activities became more formalized after June 16, 1863, when the First Confederate Congress passed an act authorizing the creation of a formal Niter and Mining Bureau as an independent office within the Confederate War Department.
40.
Sulfur dioxide for the process was provided by burning niter at high temperature in the presence of acid, but this process was gradually supplanted by the air oxidation of ammonia to nitric oxide in the presence of a catalyst.
