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A Handbook for the Use of Engineers and others Engaged in 

 Mining, Tunnelling, Quarrying, &c. 



BY 



OSCAR GUTTMANN, Assoc. M. INST. C.E. 



Member of the Societies of Civil Engineers and A rchitects of Vienna and Budapest, 

 Corresponding Member of the Imp. Roy. Geological Institution of Austria, &c. 



%* Mr. GUTTMANN'S Blasting'^ the ONLY work on the subject which gives at once full 

 information as to the NEW METHODS adopted since the introduction of Dynamite, and, at the 

 same time, the results of MANY YEARS PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE both in Mining Work and in 

 the Manufacture of Explosives. It therefore presents in concise form all that has been proved 

 good in the various methods of procedure. The Illustrations form a special and valuable 

 feature of the work. 



GENERAL CONTENTS. Historical Sketch Blasting Materials Blasting Pow- 

 der Various Powder-mixtures Gun-cotton Nitro-glycerine and Dynamite 

 Other Nitro-compounds Sprengel's Liquid (acid) Explosives Other Means of 

 Blasting Qualities, Dangers, and Handling of Explosives Choice of Blasting 

 Materials Apparatus for Measuring Force Blasting in Fiery Mines Means of 

 Igniting Charges Preparation of Blasts Bore-holes Machine-drilling Chamber 

 Mines Charging of Bore-holes Determination of the Charge Blasting in Bore- 

 holes Firing Straw and Fuze Firing Electrical Firing Substitutes for Electrical 

 Firing Results of Working Various Blasting Operations Quarrying Blasting 

 Masonry, Iron Structures, Wooden Objects Blasting in earth, under water, of ice, 

 &c., &c. 



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