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Tri-nitro-glycerin As Applied in the Hoosac Tunnel

Tri-nitro-glycerin As Applied in the Hoosac Tunnel

by George M. Mowbray

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Author
Mowbray, George M.
Title
Tri-nitro-glycerine, as Applied in the Hoosac Tunnel, Submarine Blasting, etc., etc., etc.
Credits
Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
TP: Technology: Chemical technology
Subject
Nitroglycerin
Category
Text
eBook-No.
65791
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65791
Release Date
July 7, 2021
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.TRI-NITRO-GLYCERIN, AS APPLIED IN THE Hoosac Tunnel, Submarine Blasting, ETC., ETC., ETC.
  2. 2.DEDICATION.
  3. 3.PREFACE.
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS.
  6. 6.CHAPTER I.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. — Dimon’s Reef, New York Harbor.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. — METHOD OF ANALYSIS.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — HOOSAC TUNNEL PROGRESS FOR MARCH, 1872. — CENTRAL SHAFT.
  14. 14.Instructions for Handling and Using MOWBRAY’S TRI-NITRO-GLYCERIN.
  15. 15.APPENDIX. — A. MEMORANDA FOR CONTRACTORS. — B. “OVER-SENSITIVE” EXPLODERS. — C. PROFESSOR ABEL ON EFFECTS OF INITIAL EXPLOSION ON EXPLOSIVES. — D. NITRO-GLYCERIN CAR OFF THE TRACK. — E. ACCIDENTS AT THE HOOSAC TUNNEL.

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