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Meanings of gun-cotton in anglès

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Usage of gun-cotton in anglès
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For naval use we have adopted gun-cotton as being the most convenient.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891
2
You know what a quantity of powder and gun-cotton is stored there.
Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser / A Brave Fight Against Odds
3
This, for a profoundly embittered minority constructed out of fire and gun-cotton!
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
4
Our slabs of gun-cotton also emit waves of different densities in different parts.
Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, an...
5
A charge of gun-cotton in her hold is all she's worth.'
On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
6
Wrap the long lean muzzle round with a collar of gun-cotton!
The Great Boer War
7
With equal unanimity, the gun-cotton detonated in free air was placed second in intensity.
Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, an...
8
Five hundred pounds buoyant gun-cotton mines require 320 feet spacing.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891
9
Six hundred pounds ground gun-cotton mines require 180 feet spacing.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891
10
The sudden fall of such a body would inevitably cause the gun-cotton to explode!
From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon
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Put a good charge of gun-cotton in her hold.
On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
12
I believe gun-cotton was given up not long after.
The Supplies for the Confederate Army, / how they were obtained ...
13
Even in November it was necessary to preserve this gun-cotton from the ardour of the sun.
The Moon-Voyage
14
The gun-cotton is detonated by a powerful exploder, the form of which differs in each country.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
15
In the store there is a large supply of tin-cases for gunpowder and compressed gun-cotton charges.
Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters
16
The French, in their investigations in this field, found gun-cotton too inconvenient, and decided upon melenite.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891
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