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Explosives, Matches and Fireworks

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THE general arrangement of this work is the same as in the first edition of Lunge and Keane's treatise which was published in 1911, but the section on explosives, which previously was by the late Oscar Gutmann, has been rewritten entirely by Prof. Reilly. The directions in this section are clear and practical, and numerous references are given, so that the reader can obtain more detailed information. Stability tests occupy twenty-four pages, and of these the Abel heat test takes seven, whereas the other forty-three methods dealt with have only seventeen pages between them. In many cases only the general character of the test has been given, but as the chemical practitioner will seldom be called upon to carry them out, this is no doubt sufficient.

Explosives, Matches and Fireworks

By Prof. Joseph Reilly. (Section of Lunge and Keane's “Technical Methods of Chemical Analysis”, Second Edition Vol. 4.) Pp. xi + 172. (London and Edinburgh: Gurney and Jackson, 1938.) 7s. 6d. net.

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M., A. Explosives, Matches and Fireworks. Nature 142, 852–853 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142852b0

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