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Ballistite is a
smokeless propellant made from two high explosives,
nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine. It was
developed and
patented by
Alfred Nobel in...
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Alfred Nobel invented and
patented a
smokeless propellant he
called Ballistite. It was
composed of 10% camphor, 45%
nitroglycerine and 45% collodion...
- gelignite, more
stable and
powerful than dynamite, and in 1887,
patented ballistite, a
predecessor of cordite.
Nobel was
elected a
member of the
Royal Swedish...
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increasing propellant from 8.5 to 23.9
pounds (3.9 to 10.8 kg) of
Ballistite. U.S.
Ballistite propellant had a sea
level specific impulse of over 200 seconds...
- rod down the
barrel of a
standard rifle, put a
special blank cartridge (
Ballistite cartridge) in the rifle's chamber,
place the
rifle stock on the ground...
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States in 1890 by
Hudson Maxim.
Ballistite was
patented in the
United States in 1891. The
Germans adopted ballistite for
naval use in 1898,
calling it...
- dynamite.
Alfred Nobel then
developed ballistite, by
combining nitroglycerin and guncotton. He
patented it in 1887.
Ballistite was
adopted by a
number of European...
- atop a rifle's 22 mm
grenade launching adapter, and
being launched by a
ballistite (blank) cartridge. In
common with
other rifle grenades of this era, they...
- His
inventions included dynamite and
ballistite, both of
which were used
violently during his lifetime.
Ballistite was used in war and the
Irish Republican...
- atop a rifle's 22 mm
grenade launching adapter, and
being launched by a
ballistite (blank) cartridge. Archer,
Denis H R, ed. (1976). "Grenades". Jane's Infantry...
