WE had lately under our notice a work on explosives which dealt with their manufacture more from an engineer's point of view than from that of a chemist, and consequently the various appliances were ...

I found several crazy stories about nitroglycerin's (mis)use in East Central Indiana during the gas and oil boom of 1886-1910. One story involves Muncie’s ...

III. NOBEL has observed that if, instead of making use of the most explosive form of gun-cotton, or trinitrocellulose, a lower product of nitration of cellulose (the so-called soluble or collodion gun ...

Officers arrested Japhia Huhndorf twice last week. She's accused of having explosive nitroglycerin in her classroom, and helping students get high on chloroform. The investigating officers say ...

Scientists have developed a way to detect tiny amounts of hard-to-detect explosives more than eight feet away, reducing the need to swipe clothing, luggage or other materials. The team can identify ...

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Gunpowder was first used in 1679, to build an underground section of the Canal du Midi, a canal connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The tunnel was 157 meters long. Nitroglycerin ...

Screening agents will soon begin swabbing airline passengers’ hands to check for explosive residue, the Transportation Security Administration announced on Wednesday. Can’t terrorists just wash their ...