tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337461294365425949.post8328832598136568502..comments2023-10-15T14:20:14.087+02:00Comments on Molfetta Daily Photo: Pulo, 3Sarettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467303139294282551noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337461294365425949.post-82657903153699833972009-01-21T23:57:00.000+01:002009-01-21T23:57:00.000+01:00This is great! Very interesting.This is great! Very interesting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783877262954668959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337461294365425949.post-39492634125677193432009-01-21T22:18:00.000+01:002009-01-21T22:18:00.000+01:00Wow! How have I missed this super-significant hist...Wow! How have I missed this super-significant historic treasure just down the road from me? Thanks for the great photos and information -- I think I'll be heading down your way to see it first hand some weekend in the near future. Fascinating!StoreyJohnsons in Sud Italiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506531847106298690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337461294365425949.post-77802755453522733492009-01-21T16:30:00.000+01:002009-01-21T16:30:00.000+01:00Fascinating series on the pulo, Saretta!Fascinating series on the pulo, Saretta!Hildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572824685124656116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337461294365425949.post-52143306175800558572009-01-21T09:55:00.000+01:002009-01-21T09:55:00.000+01:00Yes, "nitreria" in italian means exactly where the...Yes, "nitreria" in italian means exactly where they extract nitrate or saltpeter.<BR/>Anyway Chuck is absolutely right and I am still ashamed of my punctiliousness...VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10186211344492845052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337461294365425949.post-14495321727064986092009-01-21T08:28:00.000+01:002009-01-21T08:28:00.000+01:00Whichever way the story goes makes only a slight d...Whichever way the story goes makes only a slight difference. The important element is the inventiveness and ingenuity of our predecessors. Fascinating!!Chuck Pefleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02886326288618029812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337461294365425949.post-52676027931300228722009-01-21T08:24:00.000+01:002009-01-21T08:24:00.000+01:00No, no! It's fascinating! Thanks for the info! The...No, no! It's fascinating! Thanks for the info! They call the factory there a "nitreria," does that explain anything?Sarettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15467303139294282551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337461294365425949.post-15966067911506171492009-01-21T08:19:00.000+01:002009-01-21T08:19:00.000+01:00Being a failed chemist, I feel compelled to offer ...Being a failed chemist, I feel compelled to offer my humble opinion: I doubt they really made gunpowder there, all I can see point to the extraction of nitrate (saltpeter).<BR/>This process needed "cooking" to concentrate and crystallize the salts, which probably were shipped somewhere else to be mixed with the other components (sulphur and charcoal) of gunpowder, which is better not to cook...<BR/>Boring as a Vogon, eh?VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10186211344492845052noreply@blogger.com