LECTURES ON EXPLOSIVES. A COURSE OF LECTURES PREPARED ESPECIALLY AS
A MANUAL AND GUIDE IN THE LABORATORY OF THE U. S. ARTILLERY SCHOOL
- 1897 - PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. - THE following course of
lectures is intended to serve as a manual and guide in the
practical laboratory-work in the course of explosives at the U. S.
Artillery School. The aim has been to present the subject
systematically and logically, due consideration being given to the
sequence in which the various classes of explosives are arranged,
so that a certain degree of familiarity may be acquired in
manipulating the less sensitive and dangerous mixtures before
undertaking experiments with the high explosives. Particular
attention has been given to the service tests of the various
explosives, in the description of which all technical terms have
been avoided as far as possible. While the bulk of the matter here
presented is the result of compilation, it is believed that a
portion at least appears in print for the first time. In submitting
these pages I wish to acknoivledge my indebtedness for assistance
and encouragement to Professor Munroe, and Lieutenant-Colonel R. T.
Frank, zd Artillery, Commandant of the Artillery School. With the
permission of Professor C. E. Munroe, Chemist to the U. S. Navy
Torpedo Corps, I have borrowed largely from his course of Lectures
on Chemistry and Explosives, delivered at the Torpedo Station, the
arrangement of the subject-matter being slightly changed to meet
the requirements of the Artillery School. WILLOUGHBWYA LKE, s L t
ie zrt., 5th Artillzry. U. S. ARTILLERYSC HOOL, FORTM ONROE V, A.,
November, 1891. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. IN preparing the
present edition of Lectures on Explosives the same general outline
of the previous edition has been followed. The subject-matter has
been enlarged, and it is believed that the value and usefulness of
the work have been considerably increased not only as a text-book
but for purposes of reference. In addition to those friends who
aided me in the preparation of the earlier edition I wish to
acknowledge my indebtedness particularly to M. Berthelot, Membre de
lInstitut, President de la Commission des Substances, Explosives,
etc., with whose permission I have borrowed Chapter 11. from his
work Sur la Force des MatiCres Explosives dapr s la Thermochimie
and John W. Mallet, Professor of General and Industrial Chemistry
in the University of Virginia. WILLOUGHB W Y A LKE, 1st Lieut., 5th
Artillery. U. S. ARTILLERSYC HOOL, FORT M ONROE V, A., May, 1897.
CONTENTS . . LECTURE I . GENERAL CONSIDERA TIONS A FFECTlNG EXPL
OSZONS AND EXPLOSIVES . PAGE Explosive Reactions
.................................................. Ihe Chemical
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The Orlgin of Explosive Reactions
.................................... 2 The Propagation of Explosive
Reactions .............................. 3 Influence of Physical or
Mechanical Condition of the Explosive .......... 4 Infl enceof
External Conditions ....................................... 5
Influence of Method of Initial Inflammation
............................ 6 Combustion, Explosion. Detonation
.................................... 7 Bodies susceptible of
Detonation .................... .................. 9 Products of
Explosive Reactions ....................................... I I The
Volume of Gas evolved ................
General
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