A monpolist in the highly profitable saltpetre trade (one of the most important commodities in the export list of the European companies) since 1753, this Armenian merchant conducted most of the negotiations between the Company and Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah.
The trades mentioned in the board of ordnance list and in (1815) include the following: carpenter, cooper, millwright, master mixer, refiners of brimstone (sulphur), charcoal, and saltpetre, press-house, corning house, glazing house, dusting house men, sawyer, shave cleaver.
The Germans occupied themselves with the production of saltpeter.
Big Bone Cave was named for the discovery of a giant ground sloth skeleton in 1811 during the mining of cave dirt to be processed for saltpeter.
These special resources are tin—available until epoch 6, iron—first available in epoch 4 and is no longer used after epoch 9, saltpeter—first available in epoch 7 and is used until epoch 12, oil—first available in epoch 10, and uranium—first available epoch 13.
A small graveyard east of the church, in which excavations have unveiled remains of coffins and bones, is said to have been ravaged by King Gustav Vasa who was looking for raw material for his saltpetre production, a deed commented in the chronicles as Ej är kristeligt i väder så skjuta sina förfäder ("Not Christian is in public thus shoot/push one's ancestors").
From 1775–80 he studied physics and chemistry under Lavoisier and Berthollet in Paris, where he also got involved with the administration of saltpeter.
Saltpetre and brass utensils are traditionally manufactured in this city.
The fire took place in July 1794 when a smaller fire ignited a barge loaded with saltpetre.
Kallar is found on mounds, which are sites of old ruined habitations, and is used for the manufacture of crude saltpeter.
During his expedition through the Atacama desert, he discovered a method for transforming Chile saltpeter and Potassium chloride into Potassium nitrate.
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