Explosives

Examples

• No coherent history of firearms and explosives is possible in any short review. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A suggestive application of the terrible power of these explosives is in submarine mines. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It may also be used for transporting troops past danger points, and for transporting explosives or other perishable material which might be damaged by fire from the ends. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Not only was her agriculture thereby threatened with a great decrease in crop production but her supply of military explosives was also threatened. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Among the high explosives of more recent date may be mentioned: _Tonite_ (gun cotton and barium nitrate), British patents No. 3,612, of 1874, and No. 2,742, of 1876. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Many striking examples of the power of explosives have been accidentally furnished of late, in the course of making munitions for the European war. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• These and other objections, such as the omission of explosives, firearms, paper, will readily occur to the reader. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The ammonia can in turn be oxidized to nitric acid, which is the basis of all explosives. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She is using it both to grow crops and to make explosives for her guns. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Strange, is it not, that a race still using cross-bows in its army should have known of explosives long before the Christian Era, and perhaps as far back as the time of Moses? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The construction of metals, both for cannon to resist most intense explosives and for plates to resist the penetration of the best projectiles, have received great attention. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In 1846 a new and distinct development in explosives was made in the discovery of gun cotton by Sch?nbein, and of nitro-glycerine in 1847 by Sobrero. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Other men enter the arena on foot, armed with red flags and explosives about the size of a musket cartridge. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Huge shells filled with high explosives from these mammoth guns rapidly destroyed the most modern and powerful fortifications known at the beginning of the great war. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is there the defenders are armed with the irresistible explosives. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In other words, we would be short just this quantity of nitrogen in addition to the quantity that would be required by the government for the manufacture of military explosives. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• After gunpowder was introduced in Europe, fireworks came into use on the continent, and the use of both explosives undoubtedly was learned from the Chinese. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Handling Deadly Explosives. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Before the animal is turned loose a lot of these explosives are attached to him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• To each of these explosives is fastened a barbed needle which serves the purpose of attaching them to the bull by running the needle into the skin. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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