nitroglycerine

/ -ˈɡlɪsərɪn; ˌnaɪtrəʊˈɡlɪsəˌriːn /

noun

a pale yellow viscous explosive liquid substance made from glycerol and nitric and sulphuric acids and used in explosives, and in medicine as a vasodilator. Formula: CH 2 NO 3 CHNO 3 CH 2 NO 3 Also calledtrinitroglycerine

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More like bomb-shells, military mines, torpedoes, and nitroglycerine trains.

This is done by placing there several gallons of nitroglycerine with a fulminating cap on top.

Nitroglycerine, when absorbed in a porous earth called 'Kieselguhr', is called dynamite.

When all the glycerine has been added, the liquid is allowed to stand, and the nitroglycerine rises to the surface.

Kieselguhr, or simply guhr, absorbs twice its weight of nitroglycerine; cork charcoal absorbs nine times its weight.

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