Definition of Gelignites

1. gelignite [n] - See also: gelignite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gelignites

gelds
gelechiid
gelechiid moth
gelee
gelees
gelid
gelider
gelidest
gelidities
gelidity
gelidly
gelidness
gelidnesses
gelifraction
gelignite
gelignites
gellan gum
gellan lyase
gellant
gellants
gelled
gellies
gelling
gelling agent
gelly
geloscopy
gelose
gelosies
gelosis
gelosy

Literary usage of Gelignites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon, Or, Organic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1922)
"Gelignites and gelatin dynamites are prepared by making a thinner jelly — containing lower ratios of nitrocellulose — and incorporating therein a mixture of ..."

2. Bulletin by Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (1904)
"... -gelignites in normal use and the price of explosives is an important factor in the cost of hard-rock mining. An alternative suggestion is a granular ..."

3. Treatise on General and Industrial Organic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1921)
"... dynamites are called gelignites, and are often formed of 05 per cent, of the gum and 35 per cent, of absorbents (75 per cent, nitre, 24 per cent, ..."

4. Technology of Cellulose Esters: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the by Edward Chauncey Worden (1921)
"... forming the dynamites, gelatins, gelignites and similar propellent and eruptive compounds, are detailed in the processes evolved by S. Adde,1 U. Alvisi ..."

5. A Short Account of Explosives by Arthur Marshall (1917)
"Blasting gelatine contains just about enough oxygen for complete combustion, and British gelatine dynamites and gelignites usually have a slight excess. ..."

6. The Principles and Practice of Coal Mining by James Tonge (1906)
"Many explosives, however, such as Gelignites, are not affected by water, and it isonly necessary to push the detonator into the semi-plastic explosive. ..."

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