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Checking the quality of saltpetre (nitre, potassium nitrate, or KN03), 1683. Artist: Unknown

Checking the quality of saltpetre (nitre, potassium nitrate, or KN03), 1683. Saltpetre is the principal ingredient in gunpowder, and is still used in the preservation of some foods.  In medicine it was used internally as a diuretic, but now is only used externally for a number of conditions, such as asthma. From a 1683 English edition of Beschreibung allerfurnemisten mineralischen Ertzt by Lazarus Ercker. (Prague, 1574).
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Checking the quality of saltpetre (nitre, potassium nitrate, or KN03), 1683. Artist: Unknown
Checking the quality of saltpetre (nitre, potassium nitrate, or KN03), 1683. Saltpetre is the principal ingredient in gunpowder, and is still used in the preservation of some foods. In medicine it was used internally as a diuretic, but now is only used externally for a number of conditions, such as asthma. From a 1683 English edition of Beschreibung allerfurnemisten mineralischen Ertzt by Lazarus Ercker. (Prague, 1574).
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4645 x 3760 px | 50.0 MB
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39.3 x 31.8 cm | 15.5 x 12.5 in (300 dpi)