Note 11 — Chapter VI
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“Selenitic Powder”—Patent No. 93,752, dated Aug. 17, 1869, granted to Taliaferro P. Shaffner, of Louisville, Kentucky. The claim is as follows: “I claim the combining of nitroleum or Nitro-Glycerin with plaster of Paris, or equivalent substances, in such manner as will make an explosive compound.”