Statistics for occurrence #1 of “James river” in chapter 1.25, section c.1.25.146, page 369 of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26.:
... and other animals, designed for use in the manufacture of nitre.
The available earth from caves was also made to yield its quota of nitre.
With this sulphuric acid and nitre, on the banks of the James river , we manufactured the nitric acid required in the manufacture of fulminate.
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