Guncotton 50
Barium nitrate 50
=TOXOL= is a high explosive, a mixture of trinitro-xylene
and trinitro-toluene.
=TREMONIT= is a German coal-mine explosive containing
gelatinised dinitro-glycerine, _e.g._--
Tremonit S II.
Dinitro-glycerine 33
Collodion cotton 1
Trinitro-toluene 2·5
Ammonium nitrate 26·5
Pea flour 12
Sodium chloride 25
Ammon-Tremonit or Gesteins-Tremonit contains a considerable
proportion of ammonium nitrate.
Gesteins-Tremonit V. contains also up to 10 per cent. of potassium
perchlorate, and is similar to Astralit V.
=TRINOL.=--A name for trinitro-toluene.
=TRIPLASTIT= was a plastic high explosive obtained by
gelatinising a liquid or semi-liquid mixture of nitro-toluenes
with collodion cotton and mixing it with lead nitrates, _e.g._--
Nitro-toluenes 70
Collodion cotton 1·2
Lead nitrate 28·8
It was intended for filling shell, etc.
*=TROISDORF SMOKELESS POWDER= became prominent in England
in 1897 in connection with Mannlicher cartridges for the Bisley
long-range competitions. It was occasionally recorded as Pigou Wilkes
Powder, as that firm were agents for it. The following are analyses
of samples taken in 1898 (“Arms and Explosives,” 1917, p. 90)--
Shot-gun Rifle
Powder. Powder.
Nitrocellulose, insoluble 24·9 1·5
” soluble 61·7 96·5
Starch, agar and dye 11·5 --
Moisture 1·9 2·0
The shot-gun powder was a fibrous bulk powder, and the charge for a
12-bore cartridge was 33 grains. The rifle powder was gelatinised.
=TROJAN COAL POWDER= is an American coal-mine explosive on the
Permissible List. It contains nitro-starch.
=TROTYL= is a name for trinitro-toluene.
=TUNNELIT= is a German safety explosive containing
ammonium nitrate, sodium nitrate, not more than 10 per cent. of
trinitro-toluene (or not more than 6 per cent. together with not more
than 2 per cent. of neutral liquid trinitro-toluene), not more than
20 per cent. of dinitro-chlorhydrin, not more than 5 per cent. of
nitroglycerine, not more than 1 per cent. of collodion cotton, and
carbohydrates.
=TUNNELITE= is an American coal-mine explosive on the
Permissible List. Brands AA, B and C are ammonium nitrate explosives,
whereas numbers 3 to 8, 6LF and 8LF are nitroglycerine explosives.
=TURPINITE.= See =PANCLASTITE=.
=TUTOL.=--A coal-mine explosive made by the Westphalia Anhalt
Explosives Co. in Germany. It was on the old Permitted List. A
variation of it, No. 2, was for a time on the new List, but it was
repealed in Nov. 1916.
No. 2.
Nitroglycerine 25 25
Potassium nitrate 33 --
Barium nitrate 2 --
Sodium nitrate -- 29
Wood meal 39·8 36·3
Sodium chloride -- 9·5
Sodium bicarbonate 0·2 0·2
Limit charge -- 22 oz.
Power (swing of ballistic pendulum) -- 2·11”
=UPLEES POWDER.=--A coal-mine explosive of the Grisounite type
made by the Cotton Powder Co. It was for a time on the Permitted List
but was repealed in 1914.
=VELOX GELATINE.=--A blasting explosive for hard rock made
by the British South African Explosives Co. It contains less
nitroglycerine than blasting gelatine, and is intended to husband
stocks of glycerine (“Arms and Explosives,” 1916, p. 81).
Gelatine =VENDER= is a Swiss explosive consisting of
dinitro-acetin gelatinised with a little collodion cotton and mixed
with ammonium nitrate.
=VICTOR POWDER= was a coal-mine explosive made by Nobel’s
Explosives Co. There were two varieties at one time on the Permitted
List--
No. 2.
_Date of Permit_ 13-5-14 15-1-15
Ammonium nitrate 68 67
Potassium chloride 14·5 --
Sodium chloride -- 15
Nitroglycerine 8·5 9
Wood meal 9 9
Limit charge 18 16
Power (swing of ballistic pendulum) 2·96” 2·63”
=VICTORITE.=--A coal-mine explosive of the Carbonite type made
by Nobel’s Explosives Co. It was on the old Permitted List.
=VIEILLE POWDER.= See Poudre =B=.
=VIGORIT.= See =MONACHIT=.
=VIGORITE= is a name that has been given to several explosives
in the past. One of these, manufactured in California in the
’seventies of the last century, contained potassium chlorate and
nitroglycerine, and consequently was decidedly dangerous. It gave
rise to a serious accident on the Grand Trunk Railway.
The Atlas Powder Co. in America manufacture a series of coal-mine
explosives under this name. They are nitroglycerine explosives.
=VIKING POWDER= is a coal-mine explosive made by Nobel’s
Explosives Co. There are two varieties on the Permitted List--
No. 1. No. 2.
_Date of Permit_ 15-1-15 15-1-15
Ammonium nitrate 59 67
Nitroglycerine 10 8·5
Wood meal 10 8·5
Sodium chloride 20 15
Magnesium carbonate 1 1
Limit charge 26 18 oz.
Power (swing of ballistic pendulum) 2·44” 2·59”
This explosive is used extensively.
=VIRITE.=--A coal-mine explosive made by the Nitrate Explosives
Co. which was on the old Permitted List--
Ammonium nitrate 38
Potassium nitrate 35·5
Sulphur 4·5
Charcoal 11·5
Ammonium oxalate 10·5
There have been other explosives of the same name.
=VULCAN POWDER= is a brand of American dynamite.
=W.A.= See Lafflin and Rand.
=WALLONITE.=--A Belgian blasting and coal-mine explosive--