CHAPTER VII.--ANALYSIS OF EXPLOSIVES.

Kieselguhr Dynamite--Gelatine Compounds--Tonite--Cordite--Vaseline--
Acetone--Scheme for Analysis of Explosives--Nitro-Cotton--Solubility Test--
Non-Nitrated Cotton--Alkalinity--Ash and Inorganic Matter--Determination
of Nitrogen--Lungé, Champion and Pellet's, Schultze-Tieman, and Kjeldahl's
Methods--Celluloid--Picric Acid and Picrates--Resinous and Tarry Matters--
Sulphuric Acid and Hydrochloric Acid and Oxalic Acid--Nitric Acid--
Inorganic Impurities--General Impurities and Adulterations--Potassium
Picrate, &c.--Picrates of the Alkaloids--Analysis of Glycerine--Residue--
Silver Test--Nitration--Total Acid Equivalent--Neutrality--Free Fatty
Acids--Combined Fatty Acids--Impurities--Oleic Acid--Sodium Chloride--
Determination of Glycerine--Waste Acids--Sodium Nitrate--Mercury
Fulminate--Cap Composition--Table for Correction of Volumes of Gases, for
Temperature and Pressure

CHAPTER VIII.--FIRING POINT OF EXPLOSIVES, HEAT TESTS, &C.

Horsley's Apparatus--Table of Firing Points--The Government Heat Test
Apparatus, &c., for Dynamites, Nitro-Glycerine, Nitro-Cotton, and
Smokeless Powders--Guttmann's Heat Test--Liquefaction and Exudation Tests--
Page's Regulator for Heat Test Apparatus--Specific Gravities of
Explosives--Will's Test for Nitro-Cellulose--Table of Temperature of
Detonation, Sensitiveness, &c.

CHAPTER IX.--THE DETERMINATION OF THE RELATIVE STRENGTH OF EXPLOSIVES.

Effectiveness of an Explosive--High and Low Explosives--Theoretical
Efficiency--M.M. Roux and Sarrau's Results--Abel and Noble's--Nobel's
Ballistic Test--The Mortar--Pressure or Crusher Gauge--Calculation Volume