A Practical Treatise On The Fabrication Of Matches, Gun Cotton, Colored Fires And Fulminating Powders | by H. Dussauce

First, we have shown the present state of knowledge concerning the composition and nature of its pyroxylic products, its ballistic properties, its applications in pyrotechny, surgery, photography, mining, etc.; its preparation, and the accidents which are liable to take place daring this preparation; the accidents no less serious which result from the handling of gun cotton, and its application to fire-arms. Lastly, we have shown the causes of these accidents, the means to prevent them, and the processes of distinguishing gun cotton from ordinary cotton, not only in common use, but also in cases where it will be necessary to proceed to a judiciary inquest. To the fabrication of matches and gun cotton, we have added researches upon a subject well worth the attention of hygienists.

By Professor H. Dussauce, Chemist, Lately of the Laboratories of The French Governmnent, viz., the Mining, Botanical Garden, the Imperial Manufacture of the Gobelius, the Conservatoire Imperiale of Arts and Manufacture: Professor of Industrial Chemistry to the Polytechnic Institute, Paris.