Evening journal., 1918-04-13
NATIONS BIC Stride
IN HIGH EXPLOSIVES
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Continued From Page one,
the industry and OF rs growth up to
the present time. describing the low
grade dynamita the gelatines and the
other dynamtes.
lie also touched on the explosives
which have become known TO The pub
lie at large through their use IN the
war. In speaking of trlnilrotoluol. the
famous "T. y. IT," about which 30 much
has been said, DR. Reese made the state
meni that prior 90 1903 not a pound OF
this explosive was manufactured IN The
United states.
lie told of a trip abroad he made some
years ago and of his visit Go one fac
tory In England and two plants IN
Germany where trinllrOi0luol was be-
ing made ne stated that az thst time
The Germ0n plants We're being operated
TO about third of their capacity Or.
Reese described trGitro,Oluol as bcins
avery GOOD explosive in that % was
safe 60 handle.
Tie became convinced of the/necessity
of the manufacture Of "T. n r. in this
country and went 30 Washington where
hc Interviewed Government officials,
ilnauy arrlnglng 20 build q plant for
the prodtfciion of this hlghly-important
compound The output of that plant
was relatively small, he stated, when
compared 90 the great amount Of the
explosive now being manufactured In
this country
He also gave some statistics 90 show
the enormous growth OF the high eX-
plosives business in this country and
later OIL IN his lecture touched on the
various commercial Use 10 which dyna-
mite car be put he also spoke of the
plcric acid explosives, which ARE used
widely IN this war. undOr different
names IN various countries Smokeless
! powder was discussed and some inter-
estlng Nights thrown on It's history and
/ tho various kinds OF powder manufac-
tured by the various governments at
war. one Of the things brought out
was that oxpericmnts had been made
/ IN this country 20 use wood pulp In
stead Of cotton as the base Of the pow
der and Dr.. Reese stated that as far
as Investigations showed the wood pulp
/ powder was ar good as That produced
from cotton Wood pulp can be ex-
tensiyely used II there should h a
shortage OF cotton for the eXiraordl-
nary large amounts Of smokelcss pow
/ der being manufactured In this coun-
try.
Or. Reese also mentioned dphenyle-
mine, used as a stabillzer IN The manu-
facture Of smokeless powder and re-
yealed the fact that before the present
world war this was not made In This
country IN great quantities. When the
war commenced the chemical was pro-
duced IN such enormous quantities IN
such a short time that the making Of a
single pound OF smokeless powder for
the Allies was not delayed q minute.
The skill and the resourcefulness OF the
American chemist In this particular in
stance triumphed, as It has In every
battle IN the scientific world
The lecture was illustrated with a
/ large number of slides showing appa-
ratus used for testing high explosives.
and there were number Of plates
shown illustrating the effects OF various
tests. Pictures were also shown, il
Illustrating the manner IN which permis-
sible explosives are tested and the tun-
nels and other apparatus in use for
working towards the best results.
The meeting Of the section preceding
the lecture was animated. The mem
bers Of the Delaware Section arc now
engaged in a campaign for new mom-
bers and It Is their purpose TO make
their Organization 90 strong and Of such
helpfulness that it viii be able TO rem
der efficient public service IN many
lines as other similar organizatins are
doing In other cities.
II was announced at the meeting that
two companies Of this city many Of
whose employees are members OF the
| Section had donated sums OF money
for the purpose Of helping 10 make the
body financially Independent. The names
OF these companies were not announced
because the chairman stated that It was
hoped other companies who have en-
ployes in the membership might want
TO Join in the good work. The menu
bers Of the section also passed a resolu-
! ton unanimously extending their SYM
pathies TO Lammot dupont, president Of
! the Section, whose wife died recently