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Definition of Blasting gelatin
1. Noun. Mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin.
Terms within: Cellulose Nitrate, Guncotton, Nitrocellulose, Nitrocotton, Glyceryl Trinitrate, Nitroglycerin, Nitroglycerine, Nitrospan, Nitrostat, Trinitroglycerin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blasting Gelatin
Literary usage of Blasting gelatin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1892)
"The simplest of these compounds is, of course, blasting gelatin, as it consists
of nothing but nitro-cotton and nitro glycerin, the cotton being dissolved ..."
2. Chemistry in Daily Life: Popular Lectures by Lassar-Cohn (1899)
"blasting gelatin.—Cordite.— Wool.—Cotton.—Silk. —Artificial wool [Shoddy].—Carbonising.
WE begin to-day with vinegar. Experience shows that wine and beer, ..."
3. The Subways and Tunnels of New York, Methods and Costs: With an Appendix on by Gilbert Haskell Gilbert, Lucius Irving Wightman, William Lawrence Saunders (1912)
"blasting gelatin consists of about 92 per cent nitroglycerine and about 8 per cent
... The blasting gelatin in this work was used in the cut hole:; only, ..."
4. Notes on Military Explosives by Erasmus Morgan Weaver (1912)
"The special primer required to detonate camphorated blasting gelatin consists of 60
... The initial shock required to detonate blasting gelatin is six times ..."
5. Explosives and Their Power by Marcellin Berthelot, C. Napier Hake, William Macnab (1892)
"Owing to these circumstances blasting gelatin is far less sensitive to explosions
... blasting gelatin does not absorb water; it merely turns white on the ..."
6. Oil Land Development and Valuation by Roy Parmelee McLaughlin (1921)
""The modern method of shooting oil wells is accomplished by the use of a specially
prepared blasting gelatin, an explosive much safer than dynamite or ..."
7. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1892)
"The simplest of these compounds is, of course, blasting gelatin, as it consists
of nothing but nitro-cotton and nitro glycerin, the cotton being dissolved ..."
8. Chemistry in Daily Life: Popular Lectures by Lassar-Cohn (1899)
"blasting gelatin.—Cordite.— Wool.—Cotton.—Silk. —Artificial wool [Shoddy].—Carbonising.
WE begin to-day with vinegar. Experience shows that wine and beer, ..."
9. The Subways and Tunnels of New York, Methods and Costs: With an Appendix on by Gilbert Haskell Gilbert, Lucius Irving Wightman, William Lawrence Saunders (1912)
"blasting gelatin consists of about 92 per cent nitroglycerine and about 8 per cent
... The blasting gelatin in this work was used in the cut hole:; only, ..."
10. Notes on Military Explosives by Erasmus Morgan Weaver (1912)
"The special primer required to detonate camphorated blasting gelatin consists of 60
... The initial shock required to detonate blasting gelatin is six times ..."
11. Explosives and Their Power by Marcellin Berthelot, C. Napier Hake, William Macnab (1892)
"Owing to these circumstances blasting gelatin is far less sensitive to explosions
... blasting gelatin does not absorb water; it merely turns white on the ..."
12. Oil Land Development and Valuation by Roy Parmelee McLaughlin (1921)
""The modern method of shooting oil wells is accomplished by the use of a specially
prepared blasting gelatin, an explosive much safer than dynamite or ..."
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