A Handbook on Modern Explosives
A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture and use of Dynamite, Gun-Cotton, NitroGlycerine, and other Explosive Compounds, Including Collodion-Cotton, with Chapters on Explosives in Practical Application
- 1897
Second edition volume describing explosive compounds of the late 1890s, with a particular focus on nitroglycerine compounds and varieties of gun-cotton. Includes discussion of explosive manufacture, detail of their physical and chemical properties, and an account of modern explosives of various types used around the world. The work is fully illustrated and includes four appendices. Select illustrations and the work's front matter have been digitized.
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Eissler, M. “A Handbook on Modern Explosives.” London, England: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1897. TP270 .E57 1897. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/wwql14y.
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