If you enjoyed this article, I’d like to ask for your support. Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in ...
III. NOBEL has observed that if, instead of making use of the most explosive form of gun-cotton, or trinitrocellulose, a lower product of nitration of cellulose (the so-called soluble or collodion gun ...
THE statement in NATURE of the 15th inst. (p. 575) that rackarock is “blasting gelatine” or “nitroglycerine with compressed gun-cotton” is incorrect. Rackarock is simply powdered potassium chlorate, ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results