Gun Cotton - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: gun cottonGun-cotton
Gun-cotton. As to the making, sale, etc., of gun-cotton, see the Explosives Act, 1875 and tit. EXPLOSIVES....
Nitrocellulose
See Gun cotton under Gun...
Celluloid
A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color but variously colored to imitate coral tortoise shell amber malachite etc It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles as combs brushes collars and cuffs originally called xylonite...
Collodion
A solution of pyroxylin soluble gun cotton in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol It is strongly adhesive and is used by surgeons as a coating for wounds but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography...
Detonation
An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances as the detonation of gun cotton...
Nitrogelatin
An explosive consisting of gun cotton and camphor dissolved in nitroglycerin...
Nitrosaccharin
An explosive nitro derivative of certain sugars analogous to nitroglycerin gun cotton etc...
Parkesine
A compound originally made from gun cotton and castor oil but later from different materials and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory called also xylotile...
pyroxylin
A substance resembling gun cotton in composition and properties but distinct in that it is more highly nitrified and is soluble in alcohol ether etc called also pyroxyle...
Explosive
Explosive, means gunpowder, introglycerine, nitroglycol, gun-cotton, di-nitro-toluene, tri-nitro-toluene, picric acid, di-nitro-phenol, tri-nitro-resorcinol (styphnic acid), cyclo-trimethylene-tri-nitramine, penta-erythritol-tetranitrate, tetryl, nitro-guanidine, lead azide, lead styphynte, fulminate of mercury or any other metal, diazo-di-nitro-phenol, coloured fires or any other substance whether a single chemical compound or a mixture of substances, whether solid or liquid or gaseous used or manufactured with a view to produce a practical effect by explosion or pyrotechnic effect; and includes fog-signals, fireworks, fuses, rockets, percussion-caps, detonators, cartridges, ammuni-tion of all descriptions and every adaptation or preparation of an explosive as defined in this clause. [Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), s. 4 (d)]...
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