Road De-icing
Industrial Use
Water Softening
Food Industry
Curiosity
The salt is strongly linked to human history; this link is shown by both traditions and the presence of ancient words in our language. Only a bit of curiosity...
Salary
In the ancient Roman Empire, salt was considered a precious resource; the legionary soldiers, for instance, were paid with salt. The word "salary" indicates the way of pay for the work done.
The Salaria road (via Salaria)
The Romans realized and planned the road "Salaria" in order to supply Rome with salt.
Is it true that spilling salt bring you bad luck?
The ancient tradition that spilling salt brings bad luck derives from the fact that salt was so precious to not be wasted.
Salzburg (Salisburgo)
Salzburg means "the city of the salt" because of its natural deposit of rock salt.
"Cum grano salis"
Who does not know the meaning "Cum grano salis" that means "with a grain of salt" to indicate the use of reason and intelligences before every actions.
The salt of the earth...
In the Gospel is told that Jesus, talking to the Apostles, said "You will be the salt of the Hearth".
The last supper
In the famous paint "The Last Supper" by Leonardo Da Vinci, Judas Iscariota (that soon afterward will betray Jesus in the Gezemani garden) turned over the salt shaker on the table right in front of him.
Chemical composition
The importance and the use of the salt from the man it goes up again before Roman epoch, yet the exact chemical composition, it was open and divulged only in 1810, for the worth of Sir Humphry Davy.