The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
CONCERNING EXPLOSIVES.
An Interesting Chapter on Nitro
Glycerine Compounds.
What the Hercules Powder Has Done and
Can Do-How 1t Nay Be Handled
in Perfect Safety.


terestlng information concerning the manu-
Faetura and exnlosiye properties of various
90, ~p-SS-,
niTo-RiScerine coinpo"nus'
"Why is your powder safer than any other
nitro-glycerne compounds We have used yonr
powder for years without aecluenti we never
heard of an explosion happening with IL IN trans
portation, althOugh'we have known boxes OF IT
to fall from wagons, wheels running over and
crushing them and almost every other KIND OF
circumstances one could think OF, and we have
never heard of an accident with it but what WAS
plainly the fault OF those handling II! But Will
you please tell us more about-what it lie made
Of, what will explode it, and what VIII not eX-
plode itf'
We VIII try and answer some OF the sugges-
lions arising from these and many other ln-
quires which have been made, by stating lew
things which the uninformed may be supposed
not to understand.
coD,nos,rroD- op 1Jrpcrrrrs poUnER
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Inc patent OF Hercules foWder uescrioes
;rtn.o,ea oSidiz,nr r,a,oriaIs oon,hinad with
izing ana oAiui1'nR nia'eil's' commune" WIZ"
nitro'gycerine, In varying proportions, TO pro-
duce different grades of exposiveness.
Toopv an. who 10 ar all copvsrsant with the
~ ""' oue WV 10 W. 90 o'i e-'"A' 49, =.
history OF the great strides OF Improvements IN
explosives in drilling g. machinery, in tunneling,
mining and eenaral encineering for the last
aightaen wears it need not he Told how GREAT
,vera tba s3fortS ~ introduca coma form NJ HIGH
i, t1t orId Iora tFotuaiiy 40 its
1ono.known black powder comnosed of nitro
su15bnr and Charcoal To mis- i9onirv some of
The hest scientific minds of modern lines hays
80. tha "a W ~
schmnhain nod disoovarad oo+tor in 1eA5
sohraro n disting,isSe d ehen1isr nod iisnoverad
nitrorIyoerine in iS47 and pnnIished ali the
assantial fanta aa To its mannfantnra To him
does ali the honor belong: 10 him does the world
~ soi a., ocnnrS ~ ca ~ tba SistinSnisbaj
~ his aa o we boz in
M ma4ret how NAN sbartatans and nretenders
III ,heir -, en-, trivancas hive andaavore1
70 nirata mon his rnvai discoverV and arropata
to their own selfish ends what sobrero left as a
free legacy to the world
Aitn2ngn soorero wen esEaonssned the Iact
and about 1852 the French Academy made sew
eral tests showing it was agent of great i'm
portanee' anH sc,entInc men occssiSnaay wrote
not vet been produced in large ouantities.
mostly on account of the expense attending It's
manu- acture, when was sult IN lts INFANCY;
Sn9 9 E "a % "a - ~ nv 80 ''ly 81 itio
nda ,6 nOs ,a, io tiiI ahnt
5sn n1a ""u engineering PURPOSES ViiA "'ouO
A9 DO. ;.o ,,,. 81, ..,a
oue se l INV e INC "oilu. -, -,
njmal fat heca i,nnrod 5 10 t
iat pgeauS ilupIoFeu, anu ~ WIS Iouud
snS ' 10 @ ' q tsi ~, @ etS meie
sn 4,bS eia ~ hiid orI III
o d " ~ ~ 81 US go, w puu an INC lnit
t's " r1 on,a ,i ~; w ote ~, W iaS a,ro
IneH en-. oolnhouceu lu etLnese Che Inauu
Iaei t Oh nltroglyoeriue, wllen mas continued
" sa - 80 a., 20 60 O Pao9e ,tf; .ie ";4
u Uno ii.oU oii"i 70 W uOlt'HS
glyeerihe were 10 coIuulnelC Win iheae1 OF Ine
Ma1is i 1se9 anu e "E re III Dlhe1y >
~ -, . 70 "0oo"'
Vi spd Mnhi y, ens eH s
as a Nopei d 6eI ian oneu,st 9l SOME no
maze m t eXPerments ana indeed d went so
taI as W outaln pc pa s ~ lauSo anu sIdhu
Tor an improved ,Gunnowder," made by COM
Thaa a+ 81 0i rer i0r ;s'nd IN .h,
e Pa'oiiO9 "eAo mover iesueu II Unis
0V rt 81 ,,,a ,,,.o ,,o, .., -.
.t uso VI ILL., az 1919 = oeiin9 assou 90
lnpor1aht place III mining ana engineering.
, s q, SnS ~ oeoa,no lne oPllIon % many
.haV III an Pui poseS oApop1 ol use III hrea,hs 8
IL wouio soon 'ake the place OF ordinary po"aer'
DANGEROUS COMPOUNDS.
Thera Vvera mot waning tbosa who 1vera eagar
NV 7 0 NV " S'
10 grasp at the WeiI-khoWh principles relative TO
the manufacture and use of uitro-giy cerine, and
,,ononoliza IL rossihla tic usa for chair o,yn
t.s' 80 0 o 49, y" =
benent, anu patents were TAKEN out Dy dlHerenG
parties for apparatus for making it, and pro-
oosoas for axnlo6io, II. I'm, tho a++a,on+s o+
Trahhinr vsre frt;ie Ton soispoa 81 ani,,,,,a
sa,.sa rahai,ad .,gai,,s, q ,nrornoS,.;o., 80 ,.1n
stroIs ana finally the co,irrs decidad ogaInsr
.sa,, a. ntr -; :, o,bt,r. - 80 ~
mi tha mime rrl,o bad hae ,,iad =, ~" 49,
Of so,,e ,iii6ns Of dojiars 70 no FOR tbat h;S
The coI.,.s deciared theirs aIrsadd11 W "i
T, is enrions tsct that Yba o. az ,S. Shane St.
ylvcarine Comnanv ar Painasvi1Ie naic ~
go a ,,orS ppqji,, to on ito pru =. NC Il
S ~ 1,s =, ~ y.ies Oh ~, {, - I i9 y ~
70 If wbatever O -' O ~ e@' -i> Nv
w A. ianatn ,1ataprs ,,,ara toza,, o,t tor or,ti
,io,'s Of Mira gIvcartne with soiid snhsto as 70
ysri3ns nnrDoses WIN '0''N '"'''""0es'iof
Aifra,, Nohai had n ,,a+an+ rron,od ,,,,. g., =.
oosinrnI of itrI S t,!. nn JOE
rtps sncS as Sii,is MI ,r d
stone and called il sDynamite or Nohsi's sefeI1
Iordar - 4o''
60 D,,,,or tho ortoi,o, y; so,,,a,, os a ,.x.,.
10 ,i,aII, W " s CT Vi w n"iiiite'
0tbsr nartias oi,o,red no+arte for otbor oo
h,0at,oreeriyb 80 ~ iii T Srei ool
,ith n,aaIo5 nayvdar oId ,S liz i""i"u iie"i'
Tha Harcniss Poydsr ComnaIv vou 1,nou,i,c,
,ha+ gIvcarina rod baaI ,,so1 o - "a ~,
gnnnowdar inanv yasrs hsfors co1o,,,d " ~, ~ u
,manntaetnre Of :, S,gh aynlosiya IL, 7 Gee 80
bounded in mat manner AZ A00'' 0o'"
4 Rnr it was fnnnd that oil ITHACA ,o,~trros 90
ri-ro ,rIrcerina con,nonn a. .yare 80 az % y.
,r,ic1,iars viz Ar n tar%snc,, 20 ~ wv
IT,, ,.,ha avnoSad 70 ,,,uoh " 80, m tusl-
,or. o or nsa i e "a nor oinn ea' u. ,ons
seonanoa Of so,na so.a1i 'artinias - - III
ra4oajnino i'm ,ba ,itro ,vcarino ra,idan; i ~
49,. or iaes JaT,,rnr,ys. sannnS 80 @ ~
f,,eo orsing frn,1 tnis Observation-Disclosures i1i ~;
atnrs hansas ma In the mines tno,sina, mi ~
and u odsc5e md in sona nass ~ ~ d
Iit af Ih ' nu a eo'io 0se' "e"Aeni'is inc
We SAT ont ~ fdiScovar n ran,ady for tbi, od