Sentence examples for muriate from inspiring English sources

Berthollet's discovery of a method for the preparation of gunpowder from "superoxygenated potassium muriate" (potassium chlorate, a substitute for saltpetre) was implemented throughout France during the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars in response to a shortage of saltpetre.

Tells how Mr. Smithson discovered microcosmic salt with muriate of soda, and three or four more saline substances in a tear gliding down a lady's cheek.