Instructions for the manufacture of saltpetre
By: LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901
Contributors: Chesnut, James, 1815-1885; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Saltpeter; Gunpowder; History; Manufacturing processes; Equipment and supplies
Other titles: Southern homefront, 1861-1865.
Notes: Title from TEI header.

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Transcribed from: Instructions for the manufacture of saltpetre / by Joseph LeConte, Professor of Chemistry and Geology in South Carolina College. Columbia, S.C. : Charles P. Pelham, State Printer, 1862. 14 p. ; 22 cm. "Published by authority of the executive council under direction of Col. James Chestnut, Jr., chief of Military Department." "This pamphlet is issued with the view of supplying information to those who may be inclined to engage in the production of saltpetre ... James Chestnut, Jr."--P. [3]. Crandall, 2924. Parrish and Willingham, 5557.

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