Guncotton
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A hole was to be made large enough to hold fifty pounds of
guncotton
, whose expansive force is four times that of gunpowder.
More example sentences with word guncotton
In default of fulminate, he could easily obtain a substance similar to guncotton, since he had azotic acid at his disposal.
But it would be easy to make some guncotton, or even ordinary powder, as we have azotic acid, saltpeter, sulphur, and coal.
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