Show A new explosive chemists and others interested in the discovery and use of new explosives are now busy studying the component parts and character of an acid recently discovered by a chemist and to which he has given the name of acid this it is claimed is destined to make anew a new era in the history of explosives the new acid has been christened acid from its composition which is three parts of nitrogen and one part of hydrogen it seems strange that in all the years that chemistry has keen studied this acid has escaped discovery till now it is described as resembling water fuming strongly in contact with the air and causing painful wounds when applied to the skin the acad does not seem to be itself explosive but the salts it forms with most of the metals are described as being extremely so it was discovered accidentally it seems during the course of an obscure organic investigation and the strangeness of its properties led to an investigation and the discovery of the exact nature of its characteristics few specimens exist in this country and the acid has not been studied to any great extent |