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n. - An explosive that burns with relatively little smoke.

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  • Ballistite is manufactured at Ardeer in Scotland, at Chilworth in Surrey, and also in
  • Ballistite (Italian) consists of equal parts nitro-cellulose and nitro - glycerine, and 1/2 per cent. of aniline.
  • His other inventions include an explosive gelatin more powerful than dynamite and the smokeless powder Ballistite.
  • Similarly, since the 1880s, it has been used by the military as an active ingredient, and a gellatinizer for nitrocellulose, in some solid propellants, such as Cordite and...
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