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On the Villainous Saltpetre in Pre-Independent India


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1 Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth, WA 6008, Australia
2 6, Seventh Main Road, Fourth Avenue, Dhandeeswarar Nagar, Chennai 600 042, India
3 Charles Sturt University, The Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, PO Box 883, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia
 

William Shakespeare qualifies saltpetre with the term 'villanous' in Henry IV (Act I, Scene 3, 1598, note 1), because of its then known relevance in gunpowder manufacture.
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Ramya Raman
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth, WA 6008, Australia
S. Sudha Revathy
6, Seventh Main Road, Fourth Avenue, Dhandeeswarar Nagar, Chennai 600 042, India
Anantanarayanan Raman
Charles Sturt University, The Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, PO Box 883, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia

Abstract


William Shakespeare qualifies saltpetre with the term 'villanous' in Henry IV (Act I, Scene 3, 1598, note 1), because of its then known relevance in gunpowder manufacture.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv110%2Fi5%2F923-927