Cyclopadic Science SimplifiedF. Warne and Company, 1869 - 685 pages |
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Page 558
... gun cotton should be altered so that they could be used with powder , the use of gun cotton being from that date practically abandoned in the Austrian service . " Notwithstanding these failures , however , the advocates of gun cotton ...
... gun cotton should be altered so that they could be used with powder , the use of gun cotton being from that date practically abandoned in the Austrian service . " Notwithstanding these failures , however , the advocates of gun cotton ...
Page 560
... cotton subjected to them . Accord- ing to Mr. Hadow , of King's College , who has devoted much time to the in- vestigation of the chemical changes which go on during the process of conver- sion , there are four distinct varieties of gun ...
... cotton subjected to them . Accord- ing to Mr. Hadow , of King's College , who has devoted much time to the in- vestigation of the chemical changes which go on during the process of conver- sion , there are four distinct varieties of gun ...
Page 564
... cotton ex- plodes with the fearful violence belonging to trinitro - glycerine , which is sup- posed to have at least ... gun cotton , fired with the detonating fuse , by Messrs . Thomas Prentice and Co. , at Stowmarket . After many ...
... cotton ex- plodes with the fearful violence belonging to trinitro - glycerine , which is sup- posed to have at least ... gun cotton , fired with the detonating fuse , by Messrs . Thomas Prentice and Co. , at Stowmarket . After many ...
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