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Gun-cotton is also dissolved in acetone or acetic ether until it has taken the form of a jelly.
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Gun-cotton was at one time regarded as the tri-nitrate, and collodion-cotton as the di-nitrate and mono-nitrate, their respective formula being given as follows: --
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Gun-cotton or tonite cartridges generally have a hole already made in the end of the charge.
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~ -- Gun-cotton is often required in the granulated form for use either alone or with some form of smokeless powder.
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Gun-cotton loosely exposed in the open air burns eight times as quickly as powder (Piobert).
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Gun-cotton preserves the appearance of the cotton from which it is made.
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Gun-cotton alone and in its fibrous state has been found to be too quick, or violent, for propulsive purposes, such as use in firearms; as under such conditions of confinement it is very likely to detonate and burst the gun.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 Various
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Gun-cotton, discovered by Schonbein, in 1845, has since been looked upon as the most promising material for a smokeless gunpowder, it being a very powerful explosive and burning with practically no smoke.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 Various
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Gun-cotton should be neutral to litmus, and should stand the
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Gun-cotton, which is completely soluble in acetone, contains only traces of cellulose, and when as much as 0.85 per cent. is present it does not dissolve entirely.
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