The Chemistry of Powder and Explosives - Sciencemadness Dot Org

288 SMOKELESS POWDER
ernment stopped its manufacture on the grounds that it infringed
the government's gunpowder monopoly. A company was formed
in England in 1868 to exploit Schultze's invention, a factory was
established at Eyeworth in the New Forest in 1869, and the
FIGUBB 70. Shreddy Grains of Bulk Powder (25X)- (Courtesy Western
Cartridge Company)
methods of manufacture were later improved by Griffiths and
achieved great success. In 1883 Schultze entered into a partnership
in Germany and started a factory at Hetzbach in Hesse-
Darmstadt.
The next successful smokeless powder was invented 2 at the
works of the Explosives Company at Stowmarket in England. It
2 Brit. Pat. 619 (1882) to Walter F. Reid and D. Johnson.