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industry, and some six or seven other establishments exist where 

 dynamite or preparations of very similar character are also manu- 

 factured. 



How far the rate of production of dynamite will be affected by the 

 further development of the value of Nobel's new preparation, the 

 blasting gelatine, it is difficult to foresee, but there appears great 

 prospect of an important future for this very peculiar and interesting 

 detonating agent. 



It is hoped that the subjects dealt with in this discourse afford 

 interesting illustration of the intimate connection of scientific research 

 with important practical achievements. 



[F. A. A.] 



