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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1909. 
TABLE 1.—Powder produced in the United States. 
Census. 
Quantity 
(pounds). 
8, 977, 348 
(o) 
(>) 
(6) 
(>) 
95,019, 174 
124, 824, 473 
215, 820, 144 
Value. 
$1, 590, 332 
3, 223, 090 
4,011, 839 
3, 348, 941 
6, 740, 099 
5, 395, 193 
8, 919, 460 
aChemicals and Allied Products, Bulletin 92, Census of Manufactures for 1905, by Charles E. Munroe, 
p. 82. 
b Not reported. 
TABLE 2.—Annual sales of dynamite from Nobel factories.¢ 
Year. Tons. | Year. Tons 
| 
TRG TAS e aadcne sacs e eiae teenie siaia wcimcaee D5 | | RUST tee o roneteeioeineclete sei Osere nelelee Slotine 3, 500 
S68 Se eee seicree se sao neh oes sae eccictaeys 78 | VS76 i 52 astennciacliiccwacicsis sie wires seeieieaces 4,300 
1IS1a1! apa caph SET gO Oe >) oe ES a TSA UST tien toe reat Se nel ens ieee ee 5, 500 
TES Y (DE Bik SE Nie Oe SE eae eee ADANINI 87S eee. ae seeker pe ot: eee eS 6, 200 
IS TALR. See 8 Se ae LL Ree ee Re A TAAIDALS TS Se Se es A aon pee eee Ga 8 7, 000 
DST Ree ee oc Men Cerra ce eee oye eicmae IIFGEED || TEE (ec eer ae ce nadaesScrccnesecacraeane ec: 7, 500 
IGE: SoS ee Sato hanes See 2HO505| SSE aaere sce te seek nee aus ece eee 8, 500 
TSy(tels  eeh A eae OI ee ee BeIDOh (MISSI: aa tees tN Nate eles ae 9, 500 
a Notes on Nitroglycerin, Dynamite, and Blasting Gelatine, by George McRoberts, Phil. Soc. Glasgow 
April 25, 1883. 
TABLE 3.—Quantities and values of explosives produced in the United States 
in the census years 1900 and 1905.% 
1900. 1905. 
Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. 
Gunpowder......... by ee erat OURS pounds. . 5, 450, 773 $614,290 | 10,383,944 | $1,541, 483 
Blasting powderves os sso. acsiccetcaesceeeecce kegs> 4,774, 948 | 4,780, 903 8, 217, 448 7,377,977 
Nitrosly.cerin' .- 4h .cc-cise occ cc ete emcees pounds ¢35, 280,498 | 5,532,570 | 451,579,270 7,730,175 
Dynamites. ess ssseseocissceceinss sissies do 85, 846,456 | 8,247,223 | 130,920,829 | 12,900,193 
Guncottonetsacces- cence o eee cere eeeeee eee do €2,988,176 | 1,473,619 7 5,905, 958 2, 435, 805 
Smokeless/powder. ss. 4o-o- ee as-cese ces seers do.. 3,053,126 | 1,716,101 7,009, 720 4, 406, 477 
Allothenexplosivesss. acc ccuecscocctw see tesissweinceels| oo tnaaissemecte 6493H leon sensetanes 190, 948 
aChemicals and Allied Products, Bulletin 92, Census of Manufactures for 1905, by Charles E. Munroe, 
p. 80. 
b A keg contains 25 pounds of blasting powder. 
¢ Including 31,661,806 pounds, produced and consumed, valued at $4,749,271. 
d Including 43,643,270 pounds, produced and consumed, valued at $6,110,058. 
e Including 2,139,834 pounds, produced and consumed, valued at $1,069,917. 
f Including 5,522,796 pounds, produced and consumed, valued at $2,209,118. 
