'The History of the Making of Salt Peeter [saltpetre] By Mr Henshaw'
Reference number: RBO/1/16
Date: 1661
Description
With details about refining saltpetre and the history of making gunpowder
Details about niter found in stables, pigeon houses, but majority found in churchyards - that earth replenishes itself in 20 years
- Reference number
- RBO/1/16
- Earliest possible date
- 1661
- Page extent
- 23 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Nathaniel Henshaw, 'The History of the Making of Salt Peeter [saltpetre] By Mr Henshaw', 1661, RBO/1/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_1_16/the-history-of-the-making-of-salt-peeter-saltpetre-by-mr-henshaw, accessed on 14 April 2026
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 1, copies of papers communicated 1661-1662
1661-1662 Reference number: RBO/1
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Nathaniel Henshaw
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Dates: 1661 - 1739
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