Chapter 4

Kieselguhr Dynamite--Classification of Dynamites--Properties and Efficiency of Ordinary Dynamite--Other forms of Dynamite--Gelatine and Gelatine Dynamites, Suitable Gun-Cotton for, and Treatment of--Other Materials Used--Composition of Gelignite--Blasting Gelatine--Gelatine Dynamite--Absorbing Materials--Wood Pulp--Potassium Nitrate, &c.-- Manufacture, &c.--Apparatus Used--The Properties of the Gelatine Compounds