Bench work in wood: a course of study and practice designed for the use of schools and colleges (1902)
Goss, W. F. M. (William Freeman Myrick), 1859-1928 · Boston, Ginn & company · leaf 77
the mallet, by which it is given out somewhat grad-ually, allowing time for the impulse to pass beyond the pointwhere it is received. The effect of two different explosiveagents will serve as an illustration. As compared with nitro-glycerine, powder burns slowly, and, when put into a rifle… … having a total explosive force no greater than that of the pow-der, be substituted, the result will be very different. The rapid-ity with which nitro-glycerine burns — the suddenness of theimpulse —is such that, before the bullet can respond to its influ-ence, the breach of the barrel is destroyed.…
Woodwork (Manual training)
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