1837, German peasant Peter Kasten discovered diatomaceous earth (German: Kieselgur) when sinking a well on the northern slopes of the Haußelberg hill, on...

A Berkefeld filter is a water filter made of diatomaceous earth (Kieselgur). It was invented in Germany in 1891, and by 1922 was being marketed in the...

methods included applying a thick paste containing a porous mineral such as kieselgur, or attaching shaped blocks of insulating compound such as magnesia blocks...

explosive by mixing nitroglycerin with inert absorbents, particularly "Kieselgur", or diatomaceous earth. He named this explosive dynamite and patented...

silica. Examples include flint and chert. Amorphous silica consists of kieselgur (diatomite), from the skeletons of diatoms, and vitreous silica, produced...

Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge 1836 (or 1837): Discovery of diatomaceous earth (Kieselgur in German) by Peter Kasten on the northern slopes of the Haußelberg hill...

was nearly destroyed. He was successful in mixing nitroglycerine with Kieselgur which made it less sensitive to shocks. In October 1867, Nobel filed a...

production. They managed a model estate. Some labourers found work in the kieselgur industry. During the German re-armament, the production was expanded starting...

of Member E, marking the return of lacustrine conditions as evident by kieselgur (sediments originating from algae) and fish-bearing shales. However tectonic...

Landwehrbach lies the Faßberg Air Base (north of Schmarbeck) and numerous old kieselgur pits (either side of the Sothrieth). Because Örtze has largely been spared...

transformed into farmland. Between 1863 and 1994 the highly versatile mineral, kieselgur, was extracted and worked at 5 places in the area of the nature park....

ist nicht gleich Kieselgur - Naturwissenschaftliche Anmerkungen zu Heilerde-Präparaten" [Siliceous earth is not the same as kieselgur - Scientific remarks...