Ammonium Nitrate 85 per cent. Di-nitro-Benzol 10 " Trench's Flame-extinguishing Compound 5 " ~Favierite No. 1.~ Ammonium Nitrate 88 per cent. Di-nitro-Naphthalene 12 " ~Favierite No. 2.~ No. 1 Powder 90 per cent. Ammon. Chloride 10 " ~Bellite.~ Ammonium Nitrate 5 parts. Meta-di-nitro-Benzol 1 " ~Petrofacteur.~ Nitro-Benzene 10 per cent. Chlorate of Potash 67 " Nitrate of Potash 20 " Sulphide of Antimony 3 " ~Securite.~ Mixtures of Meta-di-nitro-Benzol 26 per cent. and Nitrate of Ammonia 74 " ~Rack-a-Rock.~ Potassium Chlorate 79 parts. Mono-nitro-Benzene 21 " ~Oxonite.~ Nitric Acid (sp. gr. 1.5) 54 parts. Picric Acid 46 " ~Emmensite.~ Emmens Acid 5 parts. Ammonium Nitrate 5 " Picric Acid 6 " ~Brugere Powder.~ Ammonium Picrate 54 per cent. Nitrate of Potash 46 " ~Designolle's Torpedo Powders.~ Potassium Picrate 55 to 50 per cent. Nitrate of Potash 45 " 50 " ~Stowite.~ Nitro-Glycerine 58 to 61 parts. Nitro-Cotton 4.5 " 5 " Potassium Nitrate 18 " 20 " Wood Meal 6 " 7 " Oxalate of Ammonia 11 " 15 " The Wood Meal shall contain not more than 15% and not less than 5% by weight of moisture. The explosive shall be used only when contained in a non-water-proofed wrapper of parchment--No. 6 detonator. ~Faversham Powder.~ Nitrate of Ammonium 93 to 87 Tri-nitro-Toluol 11 " 9 Moisture 1 " -- ~Kynite.~ Nitro-Glycerine 24-26 parts. Wood-Pulp 2.5-3.5 " Starch 32.5-3.5 " Barium Nitrate 31.5-34.5 " CaCO_{3} 0-0.5 " Moisture 3.0-6.0 " Must be put up only in water-proof parchment paper, and No. 6 electric detonator used. ~Rexite.~ Nitro-Glycerine 6.5-8.5 parts. Ammonium Nitrate 64-68 " Sodium Nitrate 13-16 " Tri-nitro-Tolulene 6.5-8.5 " Wood Meal 3-5 " Moisture .5-1.4 " Must be contained in water-proof case (stout paper), water-proofed with Resin and Cerasin--No. 6 detonator. ~Withnell Powder.~ Ammonium Nitrate 88-92 parts. Tri-nitro-Toluene 4-6 " Flour (dried at 100 deg. C.) 4-6 " Moisture 0-15 " Only to be used when contained in a linen paper cartridge, water-proofed with Carnuba Wax, Parrafin--No. 7 detonator used. ~Phenix Powder.~ Nitro-Glycerine 28-31 parts. Nitro-Cotton 0-1 " Potassium Nitrate 30-34 " Wood Meal 33-37 " Moisture 2-6 " ~SMOKELESS POWDERS.~ ~Cordite.~ Nitro-Glycerine 58 per cent. +or- .75 Nitro-Cotton 37 " +or- .65 Vaseline 5 " +or- .25 ~Cordite, M.D.~ Nitro-Glycerine 30 per cent. +or- 1 Nitro-Cotton 65 " +or- 1 Vaseline 5 " +or- .25 Analysis of-- By W. Mancab and A.E. Leighton. ~E.C. Powder.~
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