Show s Interesting and Curious Fiets Facts About Dynamite I Many erroneous beliefs are entertained enter enter- tamed regarding that looking innocent-looking tasting pleasant com composition known to the world as s dynamite Even Eyen its name is sufficient terror to the hearts of some And yet dynamite is not the dangerous danger- danger ous out substance substance- that most people suppose suppose it It to be It can be handled with Impunity impunity impunity im Im- im- im and even recklessly and will not detonate except under certain well de fined circumstances D Dynamite is is not an explosive It is a detonator a detonator a difference in degree only but a avide wide vide difference e in n eff effects and and one worthy of remembering An explosion is caused by the generating or liberatIng liberating liberating liberat liberat- ing of gases from a solid liquid or gaseous substance so quickly that the gases formed cannot be confined in the space of the original substance Detonators Detonators Detonators Deto Deto- liberate their their gases practicallY Instantaneously The greater bulk must find outlet at once and does not have timeto s seek ek the path of least resistance but must find space When dynamite lets go it has the right of way above below and on all sh sides es and is never dis disposed posed to waive that right in favor of anybody or anything If loaded in a agun agun gun or cannon it would come out at the side tide stock breech or somewhere somewhere in addition addition addition ad ad- to driving the load from the zie A detonation Is In round numbers one thousand times quicker than an ex ex- ex Dynamite Is simply nitro glycerine held In an absorbent such as earth wood pulp coal dust or other material material material ma ma- that will hold the nitro-glycerine nitro tightly and not allow It to settle to the bottom a a. powder of rather a sticky resinous nature varying In color with the absorbent used Certain other Ingredients in ingredients ingredients In- In arc combined with the absorbent ab ab- ab- ab so as to obtain p perfect results in absorptions and to guard against the danger of any free acid left in the nitro nitro- glycerine Nitro-glycerine Nitro is the only detonating property the absorbent neither helps nor retards this property As its name implies this powerful agent is the re result result re- re sult suit of the action of nitric acid upon glycerine and in must r be han handled and treated with the greatest great est eat care A sudden Jar or the natural heat developed by the chemical action of Its component parts will of often tell cause it to detonate D Dynamite I is 13 pl placed ced on or 91 the he market et in inthe Inthe inthe the form of sticks varying in iri diameter fr from m half an inch to three inches andin and andin in 1 length from two twi and an one one-ha-lf to tot t twelve lye inches It is lt perfectly safe tafe to hurl these sticks with all th the force you youcan ou c can edn n against any object you ou may pick out without th the least danger of its de de- de A shock will not not set it off It Itis Itis Itis is possible to to safely strike a small mall quantity quantity quan- quan of it pla placed ed upon uPP l an anvil with a sledge but be he sure sure ture to hit it squarely You ma may load it in pieces of and nd it from the top of a tall monument monument ment with ith no danger of damaging any one Dynamite under these these- conditions wo would ld be as harmless as sand It is al also also also al- al so perfectly pO possible sible to open the he end of one ope df of f those sticks and set fire fie to it It will wili simply burn giving off a dma with a rather pungent odor It will vill not riot detonate If a large body of it were set on fire the heat generated by byth bythe bythe th the burning part art might b be great enough to raise the temperature of the part still unburned a above the detonating point of degrees degrees' Fahrenheit or a stick thrown into a fire wo ld undoubtedly reach this point before combustion took I place |