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Similarly, since the 1880s, it has been used by the military as an active ingredient, and a gellatinizer for nitrocellulose, in some solid propellants, such as Cordite and Ballistite.
MetaFilter Projects 2009
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Cordite, lakes of fire, tower flybys, the sound of cats being shoveled into a furnace.
Lambo's Latest Rambo Has a Heart Dan Neil 2011
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A bomb dropped at the entrance, on a pile of Cordite, and, of course, it went up in flames.
How many hours can you waste... ewillett 2008
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The fellows in the dugout were O.K. and the damage that was done was to the Cordite pile and my truck.
How many hours can you waste... ewillett 2008
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Still, I googled – only to find thatafter roughly two years of submissions, I actually had a poem published in Cordite, a real-live, respectablejournal.
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Cordite Poem « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows the blog of foz meadows
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Still, I googled – only to find thatafter roughly two years of submissions, I actually had a poem published in Cordite, a real-live, respectablejournal.
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Cordite, another explosive, was patented in 1889 by Frederick Abel and James Dewar.
1863 2001
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Cordite and muzzle-scorched entrails formed one putrid smell combination.
American Tabloid Ellroy, James, 1948- 1995
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Cordite, muzzle smoke and plaster haze making the air almost unbreathable.
White Jazz Ellroy, James, 1948- 1992
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