Talk:Niter

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

[edit] Merge?

No, this is a mineral article while potassium nitrate is an article about the chemical compound. Vsmith 23:05, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree, they are differnt, so they should not me merged thechezman14 17:27, 4 October 2006 (GMT +12)

[edit] Poe Reference?

Yeah, I'll have to read it again, but I'm pretty sure Poe wasn't referring to any kind of toxicity of nitre when he mentioned it the "The Cask of Amontillado". If I remember correctly, Fortunado was already suffering from some kind of illness before ever entering the main character's vaults (plus he was probably drunk at the time). The main character repeatedly points out all the nitre, but he was using it to show how damp the place was, since Fortunado was sick (probably with a fever or a cold or something). The main character (Montresor?) actually uses some more alchohol to incapacitate Fortunado, before walling him up within the vault. Avatarian86

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../n/i/t/Talk%7ENiter_8cbc.html"