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Scientific American, Vol. 80, No. 18 (May 1899) (1899)

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ng to do with the invention or de- These statements are misleading in the extreme, be- to the authorities in America, I feel sure that it would velopment of the powder. Mr. Hiram S. Maxim com- cause as a matter of fact Hudson Maxim had nothing have prevented the recent disastrous explosion by… … ^ "Second.—The manufacture of an explosive com- powder does not by any means fill the chamber. In a pound, by first dissolving guncotton by means of ace- 10-inch gun there is at least 3 inches space above the tone or other solvent, and then incorporating with Fig. 4. Fig. 5. powder charge. Besides,…

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