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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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