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482 INDEX OF SUBJECTS Paranitranilin« red, 123 Paranitranilin* yellow, 123 Parazel, 140 Paris green, 64, 65, 67, 70, 81, 85, 86, 122 Pastilles, 93 ff. anti-flash, 326 dahlia, 97 diamond, $6, 97 ordinary, 95, 96 Pectic acid, 274 Pellet powder, 49 Penta; see Pentaerythrite tetranitrate Pentaerythrite, 278, 279, 280 Pentaerythrite tetranitrate, 11, 12, 266, 277, 278 ff., 286, 299, 395, 396, 421, 454 boiling point, 206 in smokeless powder, 280, 281 preparation of, 279 sensitivity to impact, 280 sensitivity to initiation, 280, 441 sensitivity to temperature, 395 Trauzl test, 280, 283, 438 velocity of detonation, 280, 283, 395 Pentathionic acid, 438 Penthrinit, 281 Penthrite; see Pentaerythrite tetranitrate Pentryl, 199, 229 ff., 233 Perchlorate explosives, 357 Perchloric acid, 443 Percussion, 9 mixtures sensitive to, 402 Percussion cap, 211 Percussion primer, 453, 454 ff. Percussion sensitivity, 450 Perdit, 364 Perforated grains, 41, 49 Perkoronit, 364, 365 Permissible explosives, 335, 341, 346 ff. Permitted explosives, 347 Petral stone, 38 Petroleum, 34, 35, 37, 53, 129, 199, 275, 354, 356, 360, 361 Petroleum ether, 242, 369, 371, 398 Pharaoh's serpents, 119, 120 Pharaoh's serpent's eggs, 120 Phenetol, 170 Phenol, 128, 129, 140, 141, 169, 207, 308, 355, 367, 371, 385, 398, 442 Phenol sulfonic acid, 160 Phenolphthalein, 204 Phenylcarbamic acid benzyl ester, 322 Phenylcarbamic acid ethyl ester, 322 Phenylcarbamic acid phenyl ester, 322 Phenylenediamine, 265 Phenylethanolamine, 229, 230 Phenylhydrazine, 146 Philosopher's egg, 37 Phlegmatization, 358, 365 Phosgene, 140, 188 Phosphoric acid, 357 Phosphorus, red, 3, 66, 105, 106, 110, 124, 454 yellow, 78, 197, 403 Phosphorus pentachloride, 140, 433 Phosphorus pentoxide, 200, 201 Picramic acid, 443 Picramide, 132, 137, 138, 173 Picrate compositions, 70, 71, 72 Picrate whistles, 72 Picric acid, 3, 5, 22, 126, 129, 131, 138, 140, 154, 157, 158, 159 ff., 169, 170, 173, 178, 181, 182, 189, 233, 335, 354, 366, 394, 395, 420, 443, 458 boiling point, 206 drop test, 231 explosive power, 132, 133, 169, 172 in pyrotechnics, 71, 72, 83, 121 manufacture of, 160 preparation of, 161, 162 sensitivity to initiation, 231, 412, 418, 434, 446, 452 sensitivity to shock, 138, 165, 172 sensitivity to temperature, 6, 22, 165 small lead block test, 231, 391 smokeless tableaux fire, 72 temperature of explosion, 210
Picric acid, Trauzl test, 211, 231 uses of, 11, 164, 166, 167, 168 velocity of detonation, 139, 140, 194, 232 Picronaphthalene, 358 Picryl chloride, 134, 138, 140, 141, 158, 171, 187, 371 Picryl sulfide, 187 Picrylnitroaniline, 184 Piezoelectric gauge, 23 Pilot's blue light, 67 Pink lights, 64 Pinwheels, 93 ff., Ill Pipe, 93, 94, 111 Piped match, 103 Piperidine, 151 Pitch, 34, 124, 361 coal tar, 129 naphthol, 121, 122 roofing, 121 Plastic explosive, 281 Platinum, 430 Platinum sulfate, 402 Plumbic powder, 95, 96, 97 Poaching, 263, 328 Point fuze, 7 Polyglycerin, 222 Potassium, 197, 402 Potassium bicarbonate, 283 Potassium carbonate, 5, 150, 251, 252, 253, 254, 400, 401 Potassium chlorate, 3, 7, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 84, 85, 86, 104, 105, 106, 108, 110, 112, 117, 119, 123, 183, 294, 334, 349, 354, 355, 357, 358, 359, 360, 366, 374, 416, 439, 453, 454, 455, 456, 458 Potassium chloride, 323, 324, 325, 352, 353 Potassium chromate, 166 Potassium cyanide, 376, 408 Potassium dichromate, 88, 289, 353, 430 Potassium ethylenedinitramine, 394 Potassium ferrocyanide, 357 Potassium fulminate, 411 INDEX OF SUBJECTS 483 Potassium hydrogen tartarate, 323, 325 Potassium hydroxide, 150 Potassium iodate, 410 Potassium iodide, 268, 409 Potassium iodide heat test, 268, 285 Potassium nitrate, 2, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 58, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 67, 69, 72, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79, 83, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 112, 117, 118, 120, 124, 221, 252, 287, 289, 290, 292, 297, 326, 331, 333, 334, 345, 346, 350, 351, 352, 353, 388, 391, 416, 455 Potassium nitrocarbamate, 369 Potassium perchlorate, 59, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 83, 85, 86, 105, 110, 117, 118, 119, 123, 158, 349, 359, 364, 365 Potassium permanganate, 105, 355, 430 Potassium picrate, 5, 63, 72, 294, 417 Potassium thiocyanate, 120 Poudre B, 258, 292, 294, 295, 297, 308, 309, 313, 326 erosive action of, 388 Poudre Brugere, 51 Poudre N, 292 Press cake, 47 Prewash, 203 Primacord-Bickford, 12, 13, 14 Primary explosives, 2, 3, 14, 137, 372, 391, 400 ff., 431 densities of, 434 velocities of detonation, 434 Primer cap, 8, 9, 455 Primer composition, 7, 65, 125, 358, 409, 453, 455, 456, 458 Primers, 400, 424, 439, 450, 453 ff. concussion, 4S4 non-erosive, 458 non-fulminate, 456, 457 percussion, 454 ff. souring of, 456, 457 Prismatic fountain, 90 Prismatic grains, 41, 42
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CHAPTER I PROPERTIES OF EXPLOSIVES
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HIGH EXPLOSIVES 3 they are heated o
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HIGH EXPLOSIVES 5 black match may b
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A COMPLETE ROUND OF AMMUNITION 7 f
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A COMPLETE ROUND OF AMMUNITION 9 11
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DETONATING FUSE 11 ting upon, say,
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DETONATING FUSE 13 branch line squa
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FIGURE 8. Pierre-Eugene Marcellin B
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VELOCITY OF DETONATION 17 placed up
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FIGURE 10 Charles Edward Munroe (18
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Sensitivity Tests SENSITIVITY TESTS
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TESTS OF EXPLOSIVE POWER AND BRISAN
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BOERHAAVE ON BLACK POWDER 29 Bertho
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BOERHAAVE ON BLACK POWDER 31 powder
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GREEK FIRE 33 And of the last two o
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ROGER BACON 35 only half filled wit
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ROGER BACON 37 large as the human t
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DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK POWDER 39 Deve
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DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK POWDER 41 the
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USES OF BLACK POWDER 43 Potassium n
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MANUFACTURE 45 rings and in other p
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ANALYSIS 47 caded, and is never app
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AMMONPULVER 49 ing is made from sod
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OTHER PROPELLENT EXPLOSIVES 51 toge
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PYROTECHNIC MIXTURES 53 colors. His
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PYROTECHNIC MIXTURES 55 composition
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PYROTECHNIC MIXTURES 57 and moisten
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PYROTECHNIC MIXTURES 59 chloride is
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PYROTECHNIC MIXTURES 61 positions w
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COLORED LIGHTS 63 flares during the
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Potassium chlorate Strontium nitrat
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Barium nitrate Potassium nitrate Po
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LANCES 69 minute with an illuminati
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PICRATE COMPOSITIONS 71 To be burne
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ROCKETS 73 is used in whistling fir
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ROCKETS 75 one ounce and a half. It
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ROCKETS 77 which handle a gross of
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Roman Candles ROMAN CANDLES 79 Roma
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STARS 81 the space between the star
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STARS 83 4-ply manila paper tubing,
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STARS 85 YVeingart 31 reports compo
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STARS 87 powder mixture, given a ye
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GERBS 89 Gerbs Gerbs produce jets o
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WHEELS 91 denly with a terrifying r
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PINWHEELS 93 Pinwheels To make pinw
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PINWHLELS 95 need of a vast theater
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MINES 97 match or fire wick), for t
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COMETS AND METEORS 99 an electric o
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BOMBSHELLS 101 the short pieces sep
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TOY CAPS 105 "It is to be noted," h
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JAPANESE TORPEDOES 107 minate but w
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RAILWAY TORPEDOES 109 hardens it),
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CHINESE FIRECRACKERS 111 English Cr
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CHINESE FIRECRACKERS 113 carrying o
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CHINESE FIRECRACKERS 115 struck a s
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SPARKLERS 117 is shaped by a motion
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PHARAOH'S SERPENTS 119 Wire Dips an
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BLACK NON-MERCURY SNAKES 121 pellet
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Potassium chlorate Lactose Paranitr
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CHAPTER IV AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUNDS
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EFFECT OF GROUPS ON FURTHER SUBSTIT
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UTILIZATION OF COAL TAR 129 the nuc
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UTILIZATION OF COAL TAR 131 In each
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MONO- AND DI-NITROBENZENE 133 Trini
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TRINITROBENZENE 135 powder, 250 lit
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TRINITROBENZENE 137 + CHsONo H. ,OC
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TRINITROBENZENE 139 According to Da
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TRINITROTOLUENE 141 not yet been de
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TRINITROTOLUENE 143 ?mall amount, p
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TRINITROTOLUENE 145 with a correspo
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TRINITROTOLUENE 14? The soluble sul
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TRINITROTOLUENE 149 cent free SOa)
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TRINITROTOLUENE 151 CH, NO, " ~" a
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TRIXITROXYLENE 153 Dautriche found
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NITRO DERIVATIVES OF NAPHTHALENE I5
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NITRO DERIVATIVES OF NAPHTHALENE 15
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PICRIC ACID 159 of biphenyl. The mo
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PICRIC ACID 161 dinitrophenol as re
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PICRIC ACID 163 a yellow nitropheno
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PICRIC ACID 165 below have been pub
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AMMONIUM PICRATE 167 80° and 90°
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TR1NITR0ANIS0L AND TRINITROPHENETOL
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TRINITROANISOL AND TRINITROPHENETOL
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TETRANITROANILINE 173 Both trinitro
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TETRYL 175 TNA shows about the same
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TETRYL 177 All the above-indicated
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TETRYL 179 m-nitrotetryl is effecti
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TETRYL 181 The solubility of tetryl
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BUTYL TETRYL 183 MINIMUM CHARGE FOB
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HEXANITRODIPHENYLAMINE 185 Carter 1
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HEXANITRODIPHENYL SULFONE 187 pound
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HEXANITROAZOBENZENE 189 nitrocarban
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CHAPTER V NITRIC ESTERS Nitric este
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METHYL NITRATE 193 sion of 24.5 mm.
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NITROGLYCERIN 195 blasting cap will
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NITROGLYCERIN 197 are evolved, but
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NITROGLYCERIN 199 than half its own
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NITROGLYCERIN 201 Thus, if 100 gram
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NITROGLYCERIN 203 quickly into a dr
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NITROGLYCERIN 205 "boils" strongly.
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NITROGLYCERIN 207 because the boili
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NITROGLYCERIN 209 the temperature r
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NITROGIA'CERIN 211 velocities of de
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NITROGLYCERIN 213 material in safet
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DINITROGLYCERIN 215 cerin. It mixes
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DINITROGLYCERIN 217 Both of the din
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NITROGLYCIDE 219 oxide ring, and mo
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DINITROCHLOROHYDRIN 221 can be froz
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NITROGLYCOL 223 amount is necessary
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NITROGLYCOL 225 portions with water
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TRINITROPHENOXYETHYL NITRATE 227 me
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PENTRYL 229 Another portion of the
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PENTRYL 231 tetryl by one of 27.5 c
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TRIMETHYLENE GLYCOL DINITRATE 233 i
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Butylene Glycol Dinitrate NITROERYT
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NITROMANNITE 23? While its stabilit
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NITRATED SUGAR MIXTURES 239 fact th
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NITROLACTOSE 241 Nitroglucose (d-Gl
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OTHER NITROSUGARS 243 readily solub
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EARLY HISTORY OF NITRATED CARBOHYDR
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NITROCELLULOSE 257 The two substanc
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NITROCELLULOSE 259 dre B. Either CP
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NITROCELLULOSE 261 nent materials w
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NltfROCELLULOSE 263 The pulped fibe
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NITROCELLULOSE 265 cellulose with g
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DURATION AT 1st period 2nd period 3
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DETERMINATION OF NITROGEN 269 upon
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DETERMINATION OF NITROGEN 271 actio
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NITROSTARCH 273 At the beginning of
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NJTROSTARCH 275 the contents of the
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UTILIZATION OF FORMALDEHYDE 277 cat
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PENTAERYTHRITE TETRANITRATE 279 ery
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DIPENTAERYTHRITE HEXANITRATE 281 ni
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TRIMETHYLOLNITROMETHANE TRINITRATE
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NITROPENTANONE AND RELATED SUBSTANC
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CHAPTER VI SMOKELESS POWDER An acco
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BULK POWDER 289 was called E C. pow
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BULK POWDER 291 FIGURE 71. Sweetie
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EARLY HISTORY OF COLLOIDED POWDERS
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EARLY HISTORY OF COLLOIDED POWDERS
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COLLOIDED NITROCELLULOSE POWDERS 29
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MANUFACTURE OF SINGLE-BASE POWDER 2
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STABILIZERS 307 Stabilizers The spo
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STABILIZERS 309 stable as those con
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TRANSFORMATIONS DURING AGING OF POW
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ABSORPTION OF MOISTURE 313 ence is
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ABSORPTION OF MOISTURE 315 ences. E
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CONTROL OF RATE OF BURNING 317 GAIN
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CONTROL OF RATE OF BURNING 319 Prog
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GELATINIZING AGENTS 321 but very li
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FLASHLESS CHARGES AND FLASHLESS POW
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BALL-GRAIN POWDER 329 in the presen
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CHAPTER VII DYNAMITE AND OTHER HIGH
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INVENTION OF DYNAMITE 333 The next
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INVENTION OF AMMONIUM NITRATE EXPLO
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GUHR DYNAMITE 337 which is practica
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STRAIGHT DYNAMITE 341 Munroe and Ha
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BLASTING GELATIN 343 of nitroglycer
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GELATIN DYNAMITE 345 night, and the
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PERMISSIBLE EXPLOSIVES 347 that one
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PERMISSIBLE EXPLOSIVES 349 many cla
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PERMISSIBLE EXPLOSIVES 351 The Fren
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Nitroglycenn Potassium nitrate Sodi
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LIQUID OXYGEN EXPLOSIVES 355 The Pr
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CHLORATE AND PERCHLORATE EXPLOSIVES
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AMMONIUM NITRATE MILITARY EXPLOSIVE
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CHAPTER VIII NITROAMINES AND RELATE
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METHYLNITRAMINE 371 Methylnitramine
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NITROUREA 373 filled with a strong
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GUANIDINE NITRATE 375 Guanidine or
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GUANIDINE NITRATE 377 The cyanamide
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GUANIDINE NITRATE 379 only one mole
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NITROGUANIDINE 381 been found, as d
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NITROGUANIDINE 333 mixture, is trea
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NITROGUANIDINE 385 A solution of ni
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NITROGUANIDINE 387 Nitroguanidine,
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NITROGUANIDINE 389 material "firmly
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NITROSOGUANIDINE 391 stant volume o
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ETHYLENEDINITRAMINE 393 rial which
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DINITRODIMETHYLSULFAMIDE 395 gives
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CVCLOTRIMETHVLENETRINITRAMINE 397 r
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CYCLOTRIMETHYLENETRINITRAMINE 399 r
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DISCOVERY OF FULMINATING COMPOUNDS
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DISCOVERY OF FULMINATING COMPOUNDS
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MERCURY FULMINATE 405 cold anvil an
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MERCURY FULMINATE 407 water, filter
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MERCURY FULMINATE 409 HgSA + NaCN +
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MERCURY FULMINATE 411 mented with s
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DETONATORS 413 Amusements with Fulm
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DETONATORS 415 characters of the ch
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DETONATORS 417 potassium chlorate.
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DETONATORS 419 in the amount of san
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TESTING OF DETONATORS 421 pressed.
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TESTING OF DETONATORS 423 later rec
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LEAD AZIDE 425 used; the azide is e
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LEAD AZIDE 427 the interaction of h
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LEAD AZIDE 429 of which there exten
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Page 435 and 436: EXPLOSIVE Cyanuric triazide Lead az
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Page 453 and 454: FRICTION PRIMERS 453 which had been
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Page 459 and 460: Aaronson, 158, 226 Abel, 42, 194, 2
Page 461 and 462: Ge, 241 Geschwind, 151 Gibson, 127,
Page 463 and 464: Pliny, 35 Prentice and Co., 253 Pre
Page 465 and 466: INDEX OF SUBJECTS Alkylnitroguanidi
Page 467 and 468: Ballistite, attenuated, 259 erosive
Page 469 and 470: Carbon tetrabromide, 375 Carbon tet
Page 471 and 472: Dehydrating press, 299, 300, 302 De
Page 473 and 474: Ether, solvent, 135, 152, 169, 181,
Page 475 and 476: Gold, fulminating, 3, 400, 401 Gold
Page 477 and 478: K KI starch test, 268, 285 Kekule o
Page 479 and 480: Methylglucoside tetranitrate, 243 M
Page 481: Nitromaltose, 240, 241 Nitromannite
Page 485 and 486: Salt, common (sodium chloride), 60,
Page 487 and 488: Strength of dynamite, 338, 339, 341
Page 489 and 490: Trinitrobenzene, sensitivity to imp
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