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Definition of Propellants
1. propellant [n] - See also: propellant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Propellants
Literary usage of Propellants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Explosives by Edward de Barry Barnett (1919)
"4-3 Volatile -2 NITROCELLULOSE propellants These all consist of collodion cotton
... Nitrocellulose propellants for rifled arms usually contain nothing but ..."
2. Explosives: A Synoptic and Critical Treatment of the Literature of the by Heinrich Brunswig (1912)
"propellants.* 181. propellants, in distinction from blasting explosives, may be
denned as explosives with regulated velocities of combustion. ..."
3. Modern Science Reader: With Special Reference to Chemistry by Robert Montgomery Bird (1911)
"... in this paper, to give a sketch of the history of propellants, pointing out
how gunpowder for many centuries was the sole propellant employed, ..."
4. Gas Warfare by Edward Samuel Farrow (1920)
"... Organization of Gas Regiment, Duties of Regimental Officers, Duties of Company
Officers, Stokes Mortars and Bombs, Smoke Bombs, propellants and Fuses, ..."
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