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Plate II: Explosives

  • 1877

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Machinery for the manufacture of gun-cotton (nitrocellulose):

Poacher for washing the gun cotton pulp. Vat and mixing machine. No. 1 Hydraulic press. No. 2 Hydraulic press.

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“Plate II: Explosives.” In Encyclopædia of Chemistry, Theoretical, Practical, and Analytical, as Applied to the Arts and Manufacturers, Vol. I and II. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1877. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/2v23vt426.

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