 ... was the cause of those lamentable accidents. The great difficulties attending the purification of nitro-glycerine upon a practical scale, and the uncertainty, as regards stability, of the material, even when purified (leaving out of consideration...  Journal of the Franklin Institute - Page 266by Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1866Full view - About this book
 | 1866 - 642 pages
...eventually determined by some accidental agitation of the contents of the package of nilro-glycerine, was the cause of those lamentable accidents. The great...stability, of the material even when purified (leaving outof consideration its very poisonous character and its extreme sensitiveness to explosion by percussion... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1773 - 674 pages
...purification of nitro-glycerine, upon a practical scale, and the uncertainty, as regards stability, cf the material, even when purified (leaving out of consideration...the solid form), appear ' to present insurmountable obsatcles to its safe application as a substitute lor gunpowder. The conversion of purified lignin... | |
 | 1866 - 638 pages
...eventually detennined by«ome accidental agitation of the contents of the package of nilro-glycerine, was the cause of those lamentable accidents. The great...stability, of the material even when purified (leaving outof consideration its very poisonous character and its extreme sensitiveness to explosion by percussion... | |
 | 1866 - 636 pages
...eventually determined by some accidental agitation of the contents of the package of nitre-glycerine, was the cause of those lamentable accidents. The great...stability, of the material even when purified (leaving oulof consideration its very poisonous character and its extreme sensitiveness to explosion by percussion... | |
 | 1867 - 400 pages
...atmosphere, and eventually determined by some accidental agitation of the contents of the package, was the cause of those lamentable accidents. The great...its safe application as a substitute for gunpowder. — Journal of Franklin Institute, Oct., 1866. GUN-COTTON. M. Blondeau makes the following communication... | |
 | 1867 - 400 pages
...agitation of the contents of the package, was the cause of those lamentable accidents. The great dimculties attending the purification of nitroglycerine upon...its safe application as a substitute for gunpowder. — Journal of Franklin Institute, Oct., 1866. GUN-COTTON. M. Blondeau makes the following communication... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1866 - 742 pages
...eventually determined by some accidental agitation of the contents of the package of nitro-fflycerine, was the cause of those lamentable accidents. The great...its safe application as a substitute for gunpowder. The conversion of purified lignin or wood fibre into an explosive substance of the same nature as gun-cotton,... | |
 | 1867 - 846 pages
...upon a practical scale, and the uncertainty, as regards stability, of the material, even when punned (leaving out of consideration its very poisonous character...its safe application as a substitute for gunpowder. The conversion of purified lignin or wood fibre into an explosive substance of the same nature M gun-cotton,... | |
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