Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

CHAPTER I.--INTRODUCTION.

The Nitro-Explosives--Substances that have been Nitrated--The Danger Area-- Systems of Professors Lodge, Zenger, and Melsens for the Protection of Buildings from Lightning, &c.

CHAPTER II.--NITRO-GLYCERINE.

Properties of Nitro-Glycerine--Manufacture--Nitration--Separation--Washing and Filtering--Drying, Storing, &c.--The Waste Acids...