Chapter IV · —DYNAMITE.
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Kieselguhr Dynamite—Classification of Dynamites—Properties and Efficiency of Ordinary Dynamite—Other forms of Dynamite—Gelatine and Gelatine Dynamites, Suitable Gun-Cotton for, and Treatment of—Other Materials Used—Composition of Gelignite—Blasting Gelatine—Gelatine Dynamite—Absorbing Materials—Wood Pulp—Potassium Nitrate, &c.— Manufacture, &c.—Apparatus Used—The Properties of the Gelatine Compounds