10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUNCOTTON»
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guncotton in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Poor Man's TNT: Improvised
Guncotton
And guncotton can be improvised in seconds. As the first modern explosive, guncotton also has historic significance. Explosives are dangerous, so this is for academic study only.
Another very powerful explosive which, like nitroglycerin, is a chemical
compound and not a mixture, is guncotton. This is formed by the action of nitric
and sulphuric acids on cotton or any other kind of cellulose. Hence we often hear
the term ...
3
The Best of Luck: In the Royal Air Force 1935-1946
A handy explosive, held in our store and which I habitually employed to demolish
unserviceable bombs and other munitions, was wet guncotton. Wet guncotton
was supplied in one pound rectangular blocks some six inches long. There was a
...
4
Handbook of Gunpowder and
Guncotton
This book is a facsimilie reproduction, including 14 illustrations, of the original 1888 manuscript held in the Archive of the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey.
The specific heat of pyrocellulose with a nitrogen content of 12.6 percent is
0.3478 calories per gram per degree centigrade at 25°C. (c) Guncotton is the
grade of nitrocellulose that contains the highest percentage of nitrogen
obtainable by ...
6
Gunpowder, Explosives and the State: A Technological History
chief chemist to the War Department at Woolwich Arsenal, Abe demonstrated in
the mid- 1860s that pulping guncotton before its final wash breaks up the long
fibres into shorter pieces, so the remaining acid can be removed from their
interiors.
7
Atlas of Novel Tectonics
Sanford Kwinter The story of guncotton has for years played the role of a
founding myth for Reiser + Umemoto. Central to the history of propulsion that led
not only to modern ballistics but to rocketry and aeronautics, guncotton was the
product ...
Jesse Reiser, Nanako Umemoto, 2006
8
Critical Temperatures for the Thermal Explosion of Chemicals
guncotton confined in the closed cell and subjected to the isothermal storage test.
The value of SADT thus calculated for guncotton, having an arbitrary shape and
an arbitrary size, confined in an arbitrary closed container of the corresponding ...
9
On the Polar Star in the Arctic Sea
On July 29th and 30th eight charges of gunpowder and one of guncotton were
exploded at the end of the channel; but after about eighteen hours' work, Only six
or seven yards of ice were broken ofl". There was also another matter still more ...
Luigi Amedeo di Savoia, 2014
10
History of Shock Waves, Explosions and Impact: A ...
Christian F. SCHÖNBEIN, a German-Swiss chemist, invents Schießbaumwolle (“
guncotton”) − cellulose nitrate with a high nitrogen content. Experimenting with
the nitration of cellulose, he hit upon this new explosive substance when dipping
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUNCOTTON»
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guncotton is used in the context of the following news items.
The Great Explosion: Gunpowder, the Great War, and a disaster on …
Magazine depots full of TNT, guncotton (nitrocellulose) and ammonium nitrate combusted as a result of a fire, sending human limbs flying in all ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
2015 the year for downtown Hopewell?
Guncotton, a planned art gallery and coffee shop, is still in the works, Kaufman said. Last year, the City of Hopewell was one of five localities to ... «Hopewell News, May 15»
Not much left on the Lusitania
In addition large quantities of aluminum, nickel, copper, brass and rubber were stowed inside the cargo hold, as well as a large consignment of guncotton. «Southern Star Newspaper, May 15»
The Sinking of the Lusitania
James Perloff, in “False Flag at Sea — Lusitania,” lists among the items illegally on board guncotton, a high explosive used by the British when ... «The New American, May 15»
A Book To Consider: Reading with enemies: Larson goes to sea
It was known that the liner was harboring 4 million rounds of ammunition in addition to tons of other war-related material, potentially guncotton. «Eastfieldnews, May 15»
Sinking the Lusitania, Part I: Many Civilians Die in "Wicked" Atrocity …
... (U.S. restrictions stated that such material could not be a danger to the ship or crew; cargo such as guncotton was therefore prohibited). «Scientific American, May 15»
Erik Larson's 'Dead Wake,' About the Lusitania
... was very likely caused by secret stores of volatile munitions — like aluminum powder or guncotton — that detonated within the ship's holds. «New York Times, Mar 15»
Hopewell embraces roots with new coffee shop and art gallery
Guncotton Coffee Lounge and Art Gallery will take a trendy spin on Hopewell's past. Spanning 5,500 sq. ft., the coffee lounge will include a ... «Progress Index, Feb 15»
New businesses in the works
Kaufman said Guncotton, the proposed coffee shop and art gallery, is also getting underway. He said final documents from the architects ... «Hopewell News, Feb 15»
Hopewell VA Offers Seed Money to Attract New Business …
... matching $387,000 grant last year with CAPUP to develop Guncotton Coffee and Art Gallery in a former furniture store at 238 East Broadway. «PR Web, Feb 15»
