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Tri-nitro-glycerine, as Applied in the Hoosac Tunnel, Submarine Blasting, etc., etc., etc.

Chapter 1: TRI-NITRO-GLYCERIN, AS APPLIED IN THE Hoosac Tunnel, Submarine Blasting, ETC., ETC., ETC.
By George M. Mowbray
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This work surveys the adoption and field use of nitroglycerin as a high‑power blasting agent, opening with accounts of early accidents and engineers' reports. It presents submarine and terrestrial blasting case studies and examines the explosive's chemical properties alongside detailed manufacturing, storage, and purification procedures. It describes electrical firing methods, construction of detonators and exploders, common explosive mixtures, and summarizes patent disputes. Practical guidance for tunnel drilling and blasting operations, safety directions, contractor memoranda, accident summaries, and technical illustrations round out a practical manual intended for engineers, miners, and contractors.

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Title: Tri-nitro-glycerine, as Applied in the Hoosac Tunnel, Submarine Blasting, etc., etc., etc.

Author: George M. Mowbray

Release date: July 7, 2021 [eBook #65791]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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TRI-NITRO-GLYCERIN,
AS APPLIED IN THE
Hoosac Tunnel, Submarine Blasting,
ETC., ETC., ETC.

BY

GEO. M. MOWBRAY,

NORTH ADAMS, MASS.
1872.

NORTH ADAMS:
JAMES T. ROBINSON & SON, PRINTERS AND BINDERS,
TRANSCRIPT OFFICE,
Transcript Building, Bank Street.
1872.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872,
by GEORGE M. MOWBRAY,

In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the
District of Massachusetts.