460 INDEX OF NAMES Chevreul, 164 Ciusa, 135 Claessen, 439 Clark, 65, 66, 83, 85, 86, 90, 91, 99, 105, 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 123, 230, 231, 232, 444, 445, 446 Claus, 134 Cohorn, 30 Comey, 209 Constantine, 32 Converse, 297 Cook, 349 Cope, 23, 183, 417, 419, 422, 424, 432 Copisarow, 147 Couch, 380 Crater, 242 Crum, 252, 256, 270 Crum Brown, 127, 133 Curtius, 420, 426, 427 Cutbush, 59, 60 D Dame, 185 Darapsky, 426 Darmstadter, 155 Dautriche, 16, 17, 139, 153, 166, 282, 324, 337, 344, 360, 361 David, 38 Davis, 37, 119, 120, 133, 163, 177, 180, 182, 183, 188, 311, 312, 313, 321, 370, 374, 379, 380, 383, 384, 386, 387, 392, 402, 404 Davy, 402 de Bruyn, 134, 136, 349 de Chevraud, 357, 358 de Mosenthal, 331 de Vrij, 211 Debus, 42 Deck, 165 Delal<strong>and</strong>e, 164 Demougin, 323 Dennis, 426 Dennstedt, 427 Denues, 357 Desmaroux, 311 Desparmets, 172 Desvergnes, 139, 172, 177, 181, 182 Dewar, 295 Dittmar, 395 Divers, 408 Divine, 354 Don Pedro, 30 Drake, 163 Drebbel, 401 DuCange, 30 Du Pont, 271 Du Pont, E. I., de Nemours <strong>and</strong> Company, 142, 200, 201, 202, 300, 301 Dumas, 164, 250, 251 Dupre, 150, 164 E Ehrenberg, 408 Elderneld, 180, 386 Ensign-Bickford Company, 11, 13 Escales, 49, 50 Espenschied, 439 Everding, 150 Faber, 66, 68, 85, 104, 122 Faraday, 248 Farmer, 181 Faveau, 323, 325 Favier, 1577 3507 351, 352, 391 Fielder, 355 Flick, 285 Florentin, 320, 321 Flurscheim, 173 Foulon, 395 Fourcroy, 164, 402 Franchimont, 371, 393, 394, 395 Frei, 270 Friedench, 282, 285 Friedl<strong>and</strong>er, 155 Gans, 49, 50 Gassmann, 155 Gay-Lussac, 405 G
Ge, 241 Geschwind, 151 Gibson, 127, 133 Giua, 137, 146, 149, 151, 166, 175, 182 Gladstone, 252 Globe, 44, 80, 91, 101, 108, 109, 110 Gnehm, 184 Gohlich, 427 . Goldstein, 160 Goodyear, 327 Granger, 212, 213 Griesheim, 134, 153, 184 Griess, 443 Griffiths, 288 Grottanelli, 449 Grotz, 412 Grove, 248 Guthrie, 31 H Hiickel, 273 Haid, 395, 432, 433, 434, 436 Hale, 394, 396, 397 Hall, 22, 23, 249, 339, 340, 341, 345, 391, 421 Hamilton, 125 Hammick, 136 Hantzsch, 136, 184 Hausmann, 164 Haussermann, 153, 184 Hawse, 242 Helmkamp, 163 Henning, 397 Hepp, 1347 135, 138, 146, 164 Hercules <strong>Powder</strong> Company, 203, 307, 337, 3387 339, 340, 342, 415, 416 Herlin, 210 Herschel, 248 Herz, 397, 398, 442 Hibbert, 207 Hippert, 60 Hlasiewetz, 243 Hock, 446 Hoefer, 34 H<strong>of</strong>fman, 185, 242 H<strong>of</strong>fmann, 446 INDEX OF NAMES 461 H<strong>of</strong>wimmer, 283 Holmes, 209 Hopper, 125, 165 Howard, 404, 405 Howell, 22, 23, 340, 356, 391, 421 Hyatt, 258 Hyronimus, 420, 421 Jackson, 125, 170 Jahn, 159 Johnson, 288 Jones, 408 Julius, 155 K Kalk, 180 Kallinikos, 32 Kast, 164, 209, 238, 280, 432, 433, 434, 436 Kawita, 408 Kekule, 228, 246, 247, 249 Kellner, 295 Kempf, 150 Kerone, 328 King, 160 Kirmreuther, 446 Kirsanov, 355 Kissel, 136 Klobbie, 371, 393 Knopp, 250 Knowles, 177 Koehler, 182, 266 Kogel, 137 Kremann, 135 Kuhlberg, 153, 155 Kunckel, 403, 404 Kurbatow, 155 Langenscheidt, 177 Larnsen, 23 Laurent, 164 Lavoisier, 357 Le Chatelier, 348
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CHAPTER I PROPERTIES OF EXPLOSIVES
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LANCES 69 minute with an illuminati
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