Guncotton
in example sentence
In default of fulminate, he could easily obtain a substance similar to
guncotton
, since he had azotic acid at his disposal.
More example sentences with word guncotton
A hole was to be made large enough to hold fifty pounds of guncotton, whose expansive force is four times that of gunpowder.
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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