Wichita eagle., 1889-09-22
How Bombs Are Prepared by
Anarchists.
THEY ARE OF VARIOUS FORIS.
How the Explosive Was Invented, and the
Different Methods ty Which It's Use Has
Been Brought to- Observation-Disclosures
Between Gunpowder and Dynamite.

another form. Inc latter j. Gle c. the most
terrific explosives known. and was discovered
in the sixties by Professor Nobel. q great
Swedish chemist Unlike gunDoFder. which
Is safe until fired, it exploies from percussion
rather than ignition. The slightest percus-
sion or conclusion IS often sufficient 20 ex-
piode the liquid. Among these slight shocks
are such actions as iarrilg the TN in which
il Is contained, striking it with q small stone
or even a pebble, exploding a toy torpedo In
its neighborhood. or even TIE shaking Of a
railroad.
In some instances nitro-glycerine has been
/ known TO blow UD without any percep-ibie
/ reason. Despite the terrible dangers attached
! 70 is use. il has long been afavorite explosive
with miner, diver and q1arry-m man. and Is ilssi
u large quantities at the present time. IN
his studies OF the subject Nobel found that
} al Of these dangers were removed By mixing
/ nit~o-Zlycerine with some absorbing powder
( Of passive character he and his successors
have thus utilized sawdust, clay, lime, iufu-
serial earth. charcoal unaGuesia vegetable
mold aud other substancas. according TO
the material used has some name been IN
. vented 10 express the result Dynamite rend
rock. rack Q rock, Ithofractor. carbice, ceLu-
lite and nitro-carbon are instances in point.
SCEE HISTORICAL FACTS.
The dynamite botu5 Is more correctly
hand grenade, and made It's appearance
among TIE Russian Niaiiists. 1t was shaped
ike the ordinary percussion bomoshell and
was ignited By the explosion Of Illuminating
powder or the use Of a fuse It's distinctive
ness and efficiency made It forthwith the IA
v0rite weapon Of the ALuscovite revolution
ISIS Shortly after tbs It was adopted for
similar reasons by the O'Don0van Rosa
IrIsh agirators
1t is hard to realize the power" said John
B. King - the Wricar. that dynamite gives
To the individual Guapowdar DESTROYED the
superiority Of physical strength by making
the smallest dwarf the equal OF the largest
giant Dynamite goes much further and
makes one man the equal OF hundreds One
well made bomb would destroy any public
building in the United States. tear to pieces
the largest steamship afoat, and discharged
in a great crowd might kill a thousand peo-
PIE
The success Of the early bomb throwers
called public attention II tae manufacture OF
the -reuades. and caused 50 many legal. mil
iJary and police restrictions u be thrown
around every process OF the trade as to make
it almost impossible for any one to produce
vented bv the authorities. the Anarchist and
Inviuci1le went to work aud b degrees il
vented and discovered a system whereby dy-
Mantle bombs could be made cheaDIv. safely
and, above all. secretly.
row BoNBs ARE MADE
TIE former school Issues little book writ
ten by John Most on the subject which. from
4 scientific standpoint, Is admirable
aal,D.,l t,~v-a ,..-,,,5,,1.l
with tle work and workmanship of King
In neither instance Is there any use Of tha re-
forts and apparatus o. the chemical cabinet.
The first stage, the uesingo nitro-ylyceriue.
is carried on as follows: according to the
amount Of dynamite required is -Ae number
of bowls used These are the plain stonevare
affairs seen in every kitchen and dining
room Into each p.nr bowl is poured fva
ounces Of strong oil Of vi5riol, to which IS
slowly added the sam- quantity OF nitric
ac:L To prevent any heating % the china
or the LIQUID it contains, the bowls are placed
in tin wash basin, half immersed in water.
or. what Is more highly recommended by
both Most AMI King. in a a5x full Of cracked
Ice Into tna uixei acids Is slowly poured
six ounces Of g,-caiiue.
TIE acids attack the Clvcerine. which. rs Is
known T. most readers * Swoac,sh insipi5.
ir5r and white. converting i into nitro
eivcavioe. which Is souriSb, puugant. poison
Gus and -reenish yellow. In six hours the
Transformation has almost occurred. bat in
practice it Is well to wait rweucv-tour. when
every possible mclecu3e Of the explosive has
been creotei-
The nicro--l vcerine and the residual mixed
acids are now separated bT-carefGl pouring.
and the uitro-g}~carice finally washed with
cold water to remove ali traces Of the acids
We're tlis not done they would Ue present in
the future dynamite. ami hT cor~gdiag
everything they touched produce premature
explosions
The second stage Is the conversion Of nitro
glvce-ine into dynamite aua Is aEactei bT
pouring any absorbent powder l4ro the for
'ner in quantities ilsc sufficient n remain
cry. The resulting product i coarse.
@cup.s1 and sticky powder Il charcoal be
used as the base tle color Is black. il -four
yellowiSh white; if earth, q dark brown
King has experimental with MOI only al the
articles named but with sUrh --otesgua sub
stances rs bread crumbs 1ulverir-i sugar.
stale bread crls-S dried cake cat meal. corn
starch plaster % paris. Po~,and cement.
sIaoaei LIME, broken mortar aEi brick dust.
Each made a very seryIce25le dynamite.
Most has ma3e similar experiments II one
address he said K is possible for revolt
IionIs5 - carry, under the very eyes OF his
enemies. what seems - be a sandwich, 2 slice
ot bread a2I 5U-,er. a piece Il cake cheap
plaster iua-e q the Madonna, q couple Z
pounds cf brown sugar, . tloFer pot In which
+. .1zi3s q rosebud q a pail 4 c7ai dust for O
raune-'s Ere. but in reality l. an explosive
,.,-r. destructive than Tie Iz-reSt sci.
turned o-.t il NoolwicA or Essen
The dynamite made. tGa tair5 and last
process Is the manufacture Of the cre3.lie. or
tee bomb IS lc IS better known TIE Shells
os iron. sreel. brass and corpar are never used .
tv Anarcs5sc y Inv iaci5-a. IN she 1Tst place
they are too costly TIE bombs use6 ~ Or
slBi Ia his attempt ~ sssass.aare Napoleoa .
II we're O.. English r-aza, SID sad + have
cost = r. aElece.
Ta7za With which he yil,i.is-s -lze.e al uzl-
successful at-e,1r- sn the iife u to-. lee car
were very cheap ana poorly mae b Ger
man machines. and ~ cos fl~s mars
each L ths second place 1hev ara easily
traced bv t.o police. a-e 7-o1uve21alt - f
carry and 1is,aT, suspicious la q g=arance.
--- GAS Fc1- a-zle
Moss fav1rl-e bosnb Is cra familiar --S
v1pH = -e-e Sass large ns "a Ic..-e-l1-s cub
is sufficient Tor almost every r--- 3 -E1-TCee.
Fs-s END SCR rs- s~5.0-rv cs-. --s
which a nipple i fitted an tarouzh paica =
fuse hoie Is bored n charging Is fuses s-e
Inserted IL tae caps. one az wrlca X -i---i on
the pip = rlea E.let gv=-l dyg.sl.l.s. tie So
end cap screwed DOWN a23 sere4ss,ou cars
placed q RE nipples ! round mustard BOX