558 



INDEX. 



Energy, potential, of an explosive, 17 

 Eprouvette, the, 22 

 Espir powder, 516 

 Ethane, combustion of, 155 

 Ethers, 137 



from alcohols, 279 



, nitric, 418 



Ethylamine, 254 

 Ethylene nitrate, ?85 

 Exothermal reactions, 115 

 Expansion of gases, 17 

 Explosions by influence, 75-87 

 Explosive compounds, 402, 536 

 , decomposition by heat of 



picric acid and nitro compounds, 552 

 , multiple decomposition of, 



135 



gases, 536 



mixtures, table of, 387, 536 



substances, table of, 538 



, remarks on, 537, 539, 540 



wave, theory of the, 77-82 



, general characteristics of, 88 



, establishment of, 108 



, real nature of the, 533 



Explosives, force of, 1-4, 367 



, high, low, pure, mixed, 2, 3 



, effects of decomposition of, 7 



, list of, 368 



, data as to employment of, 371 



, practical question as to, 376 



, as to the manufacture of, 379 



, as to pressure by, 379 



, stability, tests of, 381 



FAUCHER on saltpetre, 207 



on nitroglycerin, 423 



Faversham u cotton powder," 459 

 FAVBE, mercury calorimeter of, 145 



on potassium nitrate, 160 



on nitric oxide, 161 



on nitrogen trioxide, 167 



monoxide, 183 



on absorption of chlorine, 237 



on hydrochloric acid and am* 



rnonium chloride, 238 



on phenol, 277 



on chloric acid and chlorates, 344 



on bakers' embers, 488 



FEDEROW on potassium hyposulphite, 



497 



Ferment, the nitric, 209 

 Ferrocyanide, 327-329 



, heat of formation of. 329, 332 



, liberated by, 330 



FILHOL on nitric acid from rain, 222 



Firearms, theory of, 16 



Fontaine powder, 461 



FORDOZ on nitrogen sulphide, 261 



Formamide, 259, 414 



reaction, 260 



Formate, 317 



Formates, 127 



Formation, tables of, 125-139 . 



Formic acid, 259 



Forrnonitril, formation of, 314 



FRANKLAND on chloric acid and 



chlorates, 344 



FRITSCH on nitroglycerin, 431 

 FRITZSCHE on nitrogen trioxide, 196 

 Fuses on high mountains, 49 

 Fusion, table of heat of, 139 



G 



GALLOWAY on combustible dusts, 401 

 Gas and combustible dusts, 399 

 Gaseous mixtures, detonating, 383, 



536, 543 



, pressure by, 388, 395 



with an inert gas, 392 



, inflammability of, 392, 394 



, energy of, 536 



Gases, volume and increase of, 8 



, pressure of, 20 



, temperature of, 18 



, specific heat of, 19, 141-143 



, formation of, 125 



, explosive, 383 



Gauge, crusher, 20 



GAY-LUSSAC, law of, on pressure, 9, 11. 



28, 373, 383 



on nitric oxide, 192 



on oxygen and nitrogen, 195, 196 



on hydrocyanic gas, 313 



on polysulphide, 482 



on powder-explosion, 510 



GAYON on nitrites and nitrates, 209, 213 

 GELIS on nitrogen sulphide, 261 

 GERNEZ on nitrogen sulphide, 240 

 GILBERT, agricultural experiments of, 



235 

 GIRARD on nitroglycerin, 51 



on explosion, 439 



Glucose, 73, 123 



Glycol, heat of combustion of, 285 



GOPPELSHODER on nitrites in stables, 



213 7 



GRAHAM on potassium nitrate, 160 

 Griess's process on aniline nitrate, 292 

 GROVE on nitrogen monoxide, 191 

 Gunj-cgiton, 286, 444, 447, 546 



, non-compressed, 49 



, pulverulent compressed, 55, 56 



, mode of explosion, 59 



compounds, 267 



, preparation of, 287 



, heat of detonation, 288, 450 



and dynamite, 445 



and paraffin, 445, 454 



, compressed, 444 



and water, 54, 445, 453 



, properties of, 447-449 



, comparison with other explosives, 



452 

 , nitrated, 453 



