TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.--INTRODUCTION.

The Nitro-Explosives--Substances that have been Nitrated--The Danger Area--
Systems of Professors Lodge, Zenger, and Melsens for the Protection of
Buildings from Lightning, &c.

CHAPTER II.--NITRO-GLYCERINE.

Properties of Nitro-Glycerine--Manufacture--Nitration--Separation--Washing
and Filtering--Drying, Storing, &c.--The Waste Acids--Their Treatment--
Nitric Acid Plants

CHAPTER III.--NITRO-CELLULOSE, &C.

Cellulose Properties--Discovery of Gun-Cotton--Properties of Gun-Cotton--
Varieties of Soluble and Insoluble Gun-Cottons--Manufacture of Gun-Cotton--
Dipping and Steeping—Whirling Out the Acid--Washing, Boiling, Pulping,
Compressing--The Waltham Abbey Process--Le Bouchet Process--Granulation of
Gun-Cotton--Collodion-Cotton--Manufacture--Acid Mixture Used--Cotton Used,
&c.--Nitrated Gun-Cotton--Tonite--Dangers in Manufacture of Gun-Cotton--
Trench's Fire-Extinguishing Compound--Uses of Collodion-Cotton--Celluloid--
Manufacture, &c.--Nitro-Starch, Nitro-Jute, and Nitro-Mannite

CHAPTER IV.--DYNAMITE.