Books with title illustrated Nitro-Explosives

Author: P. Gerald SanfordRelease Date: March 10, 2005 Language: EnglishTABLE OF CONTENTS.CHAPTER I.—INTRODUCTION.The Nitro-Explosives—Substances that have been Nitrated—The Danger Area— Systems of Professors Lodge, Zenger, and Melsens for the Protection of Buildings from Lightning, &c. CHAPTER II.—NITRO-GLYCERINE.Properties of Nitro-Glycerine—Manufacture—Nitration—Separation—Washing and Filtering—Drying, Storing, &c.—The Waste Acids—Their Treatment— Nitric Acid PlantsCHAPTER III.—NITRO-CELLULOSE, &C.Cellulose Properties—Discovery of Gun-Cotton—Properties of Gun-Cotton— Varieties of Soluble and Insoluble Gun-Cottons—Manufacture of Gun-Cotton— Dipping and SteepingWhirling Out the Acid—Washing, Boiling, Pulping, Compressing—The Waltham Abbey Process—Le Bouchet Process—Granulation of Gun-Cotton—Collodion-Cotton—Manufacture—Acid Mixture Used—Cotton Used, &c.—Nitrated Gun-Cotton—Tonite—Dangers in Manufacture of Gun-Cotton— Trench's Fire-Extinguishing Compound—Uses of Collodion-Cotton—Celluloid— Manufacture, &c.—Nitro-Starch, Nitro-Jute, and Nitro-Mannite CHAPTER IV.—DYNAMITE.Kieselguhr Dynamite—Classification of Dynamites—Properties and Efficiency of Ordinary Dynamite—Other forms of Dynamite—Gelatine and Gelatine Dynamites, Suitable Gun-Cotton for, and Treatment of—Other Materials Used—Composition of Gelignite—Blasting Gelatine—Gelatine Dynamite—Absorbing Materials—Wood Pulp—Potassium Nitrate, &c.— Manufacture, &c.—Apparatus Used—The Properties of the Gel