IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS AND IN MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR UTILISING THE SAME
Year: 1882

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME We THE SOCIÉTÉ
ANONYME LA PANCLASTITE of N° 56 Rue de la Victoire Paris in the Republic of
France Send Greeting WHEREAS Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria
by Her Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland bearing date the twenty seventh day of March in the
year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty two in the Forty fifth
year of Her Reign did for herself her heirs and successors give and grant unto
Eugéne Turpin of N° 6 Rue la Condamine Paris in the Republic of France Civil
Engineer his executors administrators and assigns her especial license full power
sole privilege and authority that, he the said Eugène Turpin his executors
administrators and assigns or such others as he or they should at any time agree
with and no others from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed should and lawfully might make use exercise and vend within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland the Channel Islands and Isle
of Man an invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EXPLOSIVE
COMPOUNDS AND IN MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR UTILISING THE SAME" for and
during the term of fourteen years thence next ensuing AND whereas in
pursuance and performance of a proviso in the said Letters Patent contained.the
said Eugène Turpin' did within Six Calendar months next after the date of the
said Letters Patent cause a Specification in writing under his hand and seal
purporting to particularly describe the nature of the said invention and in what
manner the same was to be performed to be duly filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office AND whereas by Indenture bearing date the third day of
February One thousand eight hundred and eighty three and made between the
said Eugène Turpin of the one part and. us the Société Anonyme La Panclastite
of Paris in the Republic of France of the other part the said Eugéne Turpin
assigned unto us the said. Société Anonyme La Panclastite of Paris in the
Republic of France the said hereinbefore recited Letters Patent and all

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rights powers authorities privileges advantages profits emoluments and benefits
to the said Letters Patent appertaining or belonging AND whereas since the
date of the said Assignment we have been advised and have ascertained that
the said Specification contains matters which are of doubtful novelty or which are
not of sufficient practical value and utility to justify their retention. And we are
therefore desirous of striking out the second and third claiming clauses contained
in the said Specification and of striking out parts of the description contained
in the body of the said Specification and also of otherwise altering the said
Specification in manner more fully hereafter appearing NOW KNOW YE that
we the Société Anonyme La Panclastite by and with the leave of Her Majesty's
Attorney General and for the reasons aforesaid do alter the said Specification by
striking out of the Specification printed by the Queens Printers and published at
the Great Seal Patent Office in October One thousand eight hundred and eighty
two the words "amongst which may be" on line seventeen page 2 and the word
" mentioned
on line eighteen of the said page 2 and substituting therefor the
words "that is to say with " we also add after the word "like" at line twenty one
of the said page 2 the words but I desire it to be understood that I do not here
claim the combination of peroxyde of nitrogen with Sulphuret of carbon alone
as that was the subject of former Letters Patent granted to me and dated the
eighteenth day of October One thousand eight hundred and eighty one N° 4,544
whereas in this my present specification I propose to use with peroxyde of
nitrogen sulphuret of carbon when mixed with one or more of the other
"combustible substances mentioned, or to use with peroxyde of nitrogen some one
or more of those substances used separately or together"; we also strike out
the words "oils of all descriptions or other suitable combustible substances" which
occur at line twenty one of the said page 2. We also insert between the words
give" and "the" on line 26 of the said page 2 the words "as is mentioned in the
Specification of my said former patent" we also strike out the word "may" at
line thirty one of the said page 2.
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We also add after the word "vessel" at line thirty eight of the said page 2 the
words To the above methods of loading no separate claim is made" We also
strike out the whole of lines thirty nine and forty on the said page 2 and lines one
and two on page 3; we also strike out the word " Firstly" which occurs at the
commencement of line nine on the said page 3; we also strike out the whole of
lines twelve to seventeen on the said page And in order that the effect of the
said Disclaimer may be clearly understood we annex hereunto a Copy of the said
Specification as it will appear when so amended the preamble and testing clause
being omitted.
EUGENE TURPIN of N° 6 rue la Condamine Paris in the Republic of France
Civil Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS
"AND IN MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR UTILISING THE SAME.'
"
This invention relates to the manufacture or production of an explosive com-
pound or mixture by mixing or combining peroxyde of nitrogen (hyponitric
anhydride) with one or more combustible substances that is to say with sulphuret
of carbon, benzole petroleum either mineral volatile oils or other solid or liquid
carburets of hydrogen either pure or which have been treated with nitric acid such
as nitro benzine, nitrate of aniline nitrate of xyline or the like but I desire it to be
understood that I do not here claim the combination of peroxyde of nitrogen with
sulphuret of carbon alone as that was the subject of former Letters patent granted
to me and dated the eighteenth day of October One thousand eight hundred and
eighty one N° 4,544 Whereas in this my present specification I propose to use
with peroxyde of nitrogen, sulphuret of carbon when mixed with one or more of
the other combustible substances above mentioned or to use with peroxyde of
nitrogen some one or more of those substances used separately or together.
I prefer to employ the peroxyde of nitrogen in a liquid state and to mix it with
one or more of the above named substances in proportions which may vary from

page_text: about two volumes of combustible material for about one volume of peroxyde to
about one volume of combustible material for about two volumes of peroxyde.
These mixtures to which I give, as is mentioned in the Specification of my said
former patent, the generic name of "panclastite" can be absorbed by infusory earth,
randanite or the like or by gunpowder or other powder, gun cotton, or any other
substance which will absorb them. These mixtures can be first made and enclosed
within cartridges shells torpedoes and the like, or the mixtures may be prepared
when required for use.
I place the peroxyde of nitrogen and the combustible substance in the said
Cartridges Shells or torpedoes in distinct or separate vessels or compartments in
such a manner that the mixture shall only be effected at the desired moment by
the destruction of the devisions or partitions or by other suitable means-For
example I can place in a shell or torpedo the combustible liquid and introduce
therein a glass vessel containing the peroxyde of nitrogen, the shock produced by
the explosion of the gun which discharges the projectile will effect the mixture by
the breakage of the glass vessel. To the above methods of loading no separate
claim is made.
If one of the mixtures whether in a liquid solid or gaseous state be lighted by
means of fulminate of mercury or other priming producing an explosion or initial
vibration the whole of the product explodes and the force thereby generated may
be employed for various purposes.
Having thus described my invention and the best means I am acquainted with
for carrying the same into effect what I claim is
The manufacture and use of explosive compounds produced by mixing peroxyde
of nitrogen with one or more combustible substances as hereinbefore described for
the purpose of producing an explosive compound.
In witness whereof we the undersigned Pierre Ernest Levalloit and Charles
Coget of and on behalf of La Société Anonyme La Panclastite have hereto set our
hands and seals this twenty sixth day of March One thousand eight hundred and
eighty four.
To the Commissioners of Patents for Inventions,
I hereby grant my Fiat giving leave to the above named Pierre Ernest Levalloit
and Charles Coget on behalf of La Société Anonyme La Panclastite, as Assignees
of the said Letters Patent, to file in the Office of the Commissioners of Patents for
Inventions, with the Specification to which the same relates, the above written
Disclaimer and Memorandum of Alteration.

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Eugène Turpin, of No. 6 Rue La Condamine Paris, in
the Republic of France, Civil Engineer for an invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EXPLOSIVE
APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING THE SAME."
COMPOUNDS AND IN MEANS AND
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Eugène Turpin at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th March 1882.
EUGÈNE TURPIN of No. 6 rue La Condamine, Paris, in the Republic of France,
Civil Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS
AND IN MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR UTILISING THE SAME
"
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of explosive
compounds having peroxide of nitrogen for a base and in means and apparatus
for utilising such explosive compounds.
In carrying out my invention I mix or combine peroxide of nitrogen (hyponitric
anhydride) with one or more combustible substances amongst which may be
mentioned sulphuret of carbon, benzole, petroleum ether, mineral volatile oils or
other solid or liquid carburets of hydrogen.
I prefer to employ the peroxide of nitrogen in a liquid state and to mix about
two volumes of the same with about one volume of combustible substance. This
mixture, can be absorbed by infusory earth, randanite or the like or by gunpowder
or other powder, gun cotton, or any other substance which will solidify it. This
mixture can be first made and enclosed within cartridges, shells, torpedoes and the
like or the mixture may be prepared when required for use.
The peroxide of nitrogen and the combustible substance may be placed separately
in the said cartridges, shells or torpedoes in distinct or separate vessels or com-
partments in such a manner that the mixture shall only be effected at the desired
moment by the destruction of the divisions or partitions or by other suitable
means,

page_text: If one of these mixtures be lighted by means of a steady flame it will burn
with a brilliant light which may be utilized for illuminating purposes and at the
same time will produce a large amount of heat which may be applied for industrial
purposes.
If one of the mixtures whether in a liquid, solid or gaseous state be lighted by
means of fulminate of mercury or other priming producing an explosion or initial
vibration the whole of the product explodes and the force thereby generated may
be employed for various purposes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Eugène Turpin in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
25th September 1882.
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EUGÈNE TURPIN of No. 6 rue La Condamine, Paris, in the Republic of France,
Civil Engineer
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS
AND IN MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR UTILISING THE SAME"
This invention relates to the manufacture or production of an explosive
compound or mixture by mixing or combining peroxyde of nitrogen (hyponitric
anhydride) with one or more combustible substances amongst which may be
mentioned sulphuret of carbon, benzole, petroleum ether, mineral volatile oils or
other solid or liquid carburets of hydrogen either pure or which have been treated
with nitric acid such as nitro-benzine, nitrate of aniline, nitrate of xyline or the
like, oils of all descriptions or other suitable combustible substances.
I prefer to employ the peroxyde of nitrogen in a liquid state and to mix it with
one or more of the above named substances in proportions which may vary from
about two volumes of combustible material for about one volume of peroxyde to
about one volume of combustible material for about two volumes of peroxyde. These
mixtures, to which I give the generic name of "panclastite," can be absorbed by
infusory earth randanite or the like or by gunpowder or other powder, gun cotton,
or any other substance which will absorb them. These mixtures can be first made
and enclosed within cartridges, shells, torpedoes and the like or the mixtures may
be prepared when required for use.
I may place the peroxyde of nitrogen and the combustible substance in the said
cartridges, shells or torpedoes in distinct or separate vessels or compartments in
such a manner that the mixture shall only be effected at the desired moment_by
the destruction of the divisions or partitions or by other suitable means. For
example I can place in a shell or torpedo the combustible liquid and introduce
therein a glass vessel containing the peroxyde of nitrogen; the shock produced by
the explosion of the gun which discharges the projectile will effect the mixture by
the breakage of the glass vessel.
If one of these mixtures be lighted by means of a steady flame it will burn with
a more or less brilliant light which may be utilized for illuminating purposes and

page_text: at the same time will produce a large amount of heat which may be applied for
industrial purposes.
If one of the mixtures whether in a liquid, solid or gaseous state be lighted by
means of fulminate of mercury or other priming producing an explosion or initial
vibration the whole of the product explodes and the force thereby generated may
be employed for various purposes.
Having thus described my invention and the best means I am acquainted with
for carrying the same into effect what I claim is :-
Firstly. The manufacture and use of explosive compounds produced by mixing
peroxyde of nitrogen with one or more combustible substances as hereinbefore
described for the purpose of producing an explosive compound
Secondly. Mixing peroxyde of nitrogen with one or more combustible substances
as hereinbefore described for producing when burnt steadily a more or less brilliant
light.
Thirdly. The method herein described of loading projectiles in which the
substances forming the explosive compounds are kept separate by the means
described until the projectiles are discharged.
In Witness whereof I the said Eugène Turpin have hereto set my hand
and seal this twenty second. day of September in the year of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty two