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Examples of gelignite
gelignite
Despite Mr Biden's breezy optimism, the politics of Iraq remain as volatile as gelignite.
From the economist.com
I think our largest detonation in one go was 40lb of gelignite.
From the telegraph.co.uk
A passenger set off an explosive device, probably gelignite, in the lavatory blowing himself out of the plane.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The gray of gelignite is the only visible future.
From the time.com
The gelignite was quietly returned.
From the telegraph.co.uk
At about 7pm on November 5th, 1943 Guy Fawkes Night, one pound of gelignite detonated about 50 ft above the pond in the beauty spot known as Aldbury.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Blasting gelatin, also known as gelignite, was invented by Nobel in 1875, using nitroglycerin, wood pulp, and sodium or potassium nitrates.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The gelignite was later traced to an Irish explosives manufacturer and presumably had been transported into Britain directly across the Irish Sea.
From the time.com
Then they paddled four miles to the shore, hiked up a mountain carrying 60lb of gelignite apiece and hauled themselves across a glacier on ropes.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
- A type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate
- An low power dynamite (nitroglycerine soaked into earth or clay) based explosive used to break rock. Unlike many explosives, this does not produce a large outward blast, instead creating a small blast and shockwave which shakes the rock apart.
