>What exactly is salt peter? I know it only as the proverbial deromanticizer.
Potassium Nitrate (KNO3)... I think it can be used as a fertilizer as well as a preservative and allegedly as a deromanticizer. May also be used to make gunpowder - or at least home made fireworks.
Ben Sugden
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