New-York tribune., 1866-04-26
Nitro.(:Iyeerine-Th The luventor's Testinony.

The examination in the case OF Otto Bursenblnder,
before the Commissioner was continued yesterday the
cussd for the time being represented By counsel
Alfred b. Nobel being for the defense testified tha,
he was the inventor Of the practical adaptation OF gycer
inc 10 blasting purposes nitro gycerne only explosive
der certain conditions the with many other sub
stance, no, considered explosives nrOgyccrine no, in
nammabe substance for IRE Is set to it. does not catch
fire Ike turpenne spirits bat goes out when the match
withdrawn IL does explode by the mere application OF fire.
Its in blasting only possible through the patenuse
shower sparks will explode IL the application OF fire has
SneJ pace begre n erpodes that liso higher boiling
water experiments made that before the Corn.
socety 10 tho eject have stated the oil yoatiet
perfectly fred o ~ does not ignite by friction In the oTi
can't ay that II could possibly be ignted by fcion
cusson win not explode u; we tried throwing IRON nights
Of ~ feet and would not explode IN Hamburg the expert
eu VAS tried Of throwing up In rocket and its fan of
1000 feet did explode IT. afefward exploded
n showing II 10 be pure nitrO-g -glycerne.
CrossexaminedMy business is in nirogycerine oil
s'f in than OeS the oil %a
blasting used for causing headaches and By the o
msopathc doctors or curing H. do not profess know all
,o eondtoSs under which !, eIplodes have warned the
public much necessary think rs to the dangers OF The
uitrogycerne has been used the four eontnents
could tell all the accidents that have happened BY III
have known Of their geasng the wheels o cart ana tne Oh
podBg the oil In the car know OF cases where people were
killed Germany y ~ there was hre OF turpenthe waeh
Of the tuTpenne into the ground was injured myself
but by nitro gyceTne brother killed. but not by
Tho oils he was experimenting with dilute nitric acid and gly
cerine that would prodaoe drop OF there
was a similar explosion at Paris TO make the nitro
gycerne gycerne be treated with nitric acid IN
the presence OF sulphgrc. which produces different
conditions entirely from what my brother W" doing
accident In mine where miner was cleaning
the amping from charge which had fned enge drop
exploded anG blew out the tampns bar without afng 'e
man drop OF nitro gyeerlne develops IN bursting neat
about 0o09 you explode the oil In gunPoeaef wno.
setting FIRE to powder done it, 1t does not set hre
anything; this Sesian accident only know from newspa
pers the only explode the oil Is by the patent fnse
which rather strong percussion caps even WIN tnat
people often complain 20 that II will not 20 on "hsn s
proof Its safety heard Of the Wyoming Hotel explosion
but get clear account Of It, one account Is that BE-
account FOR the explosion San that the oil leaked
ont into the sawdas packing and so heated thus the
oil water and sawdnst will heat TO JO the accident at As
pinwa don't beeTe from nitrosycerine had single
exploded there there woud have been no second erpo
sion would have blown the fps bottom out should sag
there has pounds shipped from Hamburg
here has transported all Europe aud Its trans
mission 40 far as know has resulted IN accident
tssysi there s gcgeyeps VI PgVs sIssgWg as psIasa