The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and Instructive Articles on Scientific Subjects, Volume 12James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas Robert Hardwicke, 1873 |
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... gun - cotton with an ordinary fuze , the explosion is not instantaneous in a charge of any size , but as it were runs through it , the case must be strong enough to hold together for a moment till the whole explosive force is developed ...
... gun - cotton with an ordinary fuze , the explosion is not instantaneous in a charge of any size , but as it were runs through it , the case must be strong enough to hold together for a moment till the whole explosive force is developed ...
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... gun - cotton , with air - spaces in the centre to make it buoyant . The form here adopted — a cylinder of equal height and diameter — seems to be the best . In theory the best form would be a globe , the charge to be ignited at the ...
... gun - cotton , with air - spaces in the centre to make it buoyant . The form here adopted — a cylinder of equal height and diameter — seems to be the best . In theory the best form would be a globe , the charge to be ignited at the ...
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... Gun - cotton , when fired with a detonating fuze , * developes its full force instantaneously , and there is therefore no need of using the strong case necessary to ensure the complete explosion of gunpowder . When gun - cotton is used ...
... Gun - cotton , when fired with a detonating fuze , * developes its full force instantaneously , and there is therefore no need of using the strong case necessary to ensure the complete explosion of gunpowder . When gun - cotton is used ...
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... gun - cotton was placed in the same position and fired , and it appeared entirely to complete the demolition . The ... cotton was estimated to be equal to that which would have been done with 1,000 lbs . of gunpowder . " * Ex- periments ...
... gun - cotton was placed in the same position and fired , and it appeared entirely to complete the demolition . The ... cotton was estimated to be equal to that which would have been done with 1,000 lbs . of gunpowder . " * Ex- periments ...
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... gun - cotton begins at 125 lbs . at depths not exceeeding 20 feet , and goes on to 500 lbs . for depths greater than 40 feet . This is , however , one of the many points connected with torpedo warfare on which we have still much to ...
... gun - cotton begins at 125 lbs . at depths not exceeeding 20 feet , and goes on to 500 lbs . for depths greater than 40 feet . This is , however , one of the many points connected with torpedo warfare on which we have still much to ...
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