Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald SanfordThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Nitro-Explosives: A Practical TreatiseAuthor: P. Gerald SanfordRelease Date: March 10, 2005 [EBook #15308]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NITRO-EXPLOSIVES ***Produced by Case Western Reserve University Preservation Department, Curtis Weyant, and the Online DistributedProofreading TeamNITRO-EXPLOSIVES[Illustration: DANGER BUILDING SHOWING PROTECTING MOUNDS. (See page 6.)]NITRO-EXPLOSIVESA PRACTICAL TREATISECONCERNING THEPROPERTIES, MANUFACTURE, AND ANALYSIS OF NITRATED SUBSTANCES, INCLUDING THE FULMINATES, SMOKELESS POWDERS, ANDCELLULOIDBYP. GERALD SANFORD, F.I.C., F.C.S.Public Analyst to the Borough of Penzance; late Consulting Chemist to theCotton Powder Company Limited; and formerly Resident Chemist at theStowmarket Works of the New Explosives Company Limited, and the HayleWorks of the National Explosive Company Limited~Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged~PREFACE.In compiling the following treatise, my aim has been to give a brief but thoroughly practical account of the properties,manufacture, and methods of analysis of the various nitro-explosives now so largely used for mining ...