nitro

• The original patent of Baur, obtained in 1889, covered the tri-nitro-derivative of tertiary butyl xylene. —  The Handbook of Soap Manufacture
• When glycerine is gradually added to a cold mixture of strong nitric and sulphuric acids, it is converted into nitro-glycerine, which separates as an oily layer on the surface of the acid. —  The Handbook of Soap Manufacture
• It is composed of an excessively explosive oil named nitro-glycerine (itself a compound), and an earth called kieselguhr. —  In the Track of the Troops
• The earth is not explosive, and is only mixed with the nitro-glycerine to render that liquid less dangerous; but the compound is named dynamite, in which form it is made up and sold in immense quantities for mining purposes. —  In the Track of the Troops
• It was under the action of this cylinder, charged with some explosive substance, nitro-glycerine, picrate, or some other material of the same nature, that the water of the channel had been raised like a dome, the bottom of the brig crushed in, and she had sunk instantly, the damage done to her hull being so considerable that it was impossible to refloat her. —  The Secret of the Island

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