FACTS ABOUT A aw and powerful minu i simple clieaf the advantages of the new explosive are thab enumerated b alie new science Ilc view ith manufacture is simplicity itself it is adapt cd for all war sporting and mining it is almost smokeless with 1 very slight recoil it is not permanently by libat or wet alit yan does not foul or become oxidized no noxious bases are produced from it combustion it is very to make a tempora tire of degrees fahrenheit is required to produce a combustion when a lighted match is applied to it in its state it simply burns no explosion being produced the pressure developed by the charge of required to give the normal velocity to the bullet fired from a military rifle is from to 1800 atmospheres as compared with 2000 to atmospheres the pressure developed by charges of other explosives when the same velocity is imparted to the bullet and as compared with the best dynamite its force ia as 55 to 15 or 20 per cent greater while it does not pulverize alie su rounding rock as dynamite docs the inventors assert that can be manufactured and sold at least 50 per cent cheaper than any other known explosive of a similar character its adoption by the french government would it is believed result in a saving of francs per annum