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In one sentence —
"It is essential that persons having explosive
substances under their charge should never
lose sight of the conviction that, preventive
measures should always be prescribed
on the hypothesis of an explosion."
a contrivance for the preservation of horses
Curtis's and Harvey, Limited.
Farversham works.
The output of the factory [ca. 1760] is stated to have been about eighty barrels of
service powder per week. The mills were worked both by water and by horses,
and Jacob in his " History of Faversham " gives an account of " a contrivance for
the preservation of the horses that grind the powder " in the shape of a sort of
suit of leather amour to protect them from the frequent explosions that occurred.
The Rise and Progress of the British Explosives Industry
Published under the auspices of the:—
VIIth International Congress of Applied Chemistry
E A Brayley Hodgetts editor
Whittaker and Co. London 1909
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Quote: Originally posted by unionised  | | Quote: Originally posted by ScienceSquirrel | What is the relevance of stuff from a hundred years ago to modern practice in the maufacture and handling of explosives?
I suppose you are going to warn us about arrows next on the basis of Harold's unfortunate experience at the battle of Hastings!
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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." |
Some are lousy students of history. They should have
renamed to the Bevis and Butthead Powder Company.
History of Gorham, Me
By Hugh Davis McLellan
Portland Main 1903
Oliver M. Whipple of Lowell, Mass., in 1833 purchased the plant, and also bought the
privilege on the Windham side of the Presumpscot. He put Lucius Whipple, his
brother, in charge of the works as foreman. Powder mills have a bad habit of
exploding periodically, and the Gambo mills have proved no exception to the rule,
some one or more of the buildings blowing up in 1828, 1835, 1847, 1849, 1850, 1851,
1855, 1859, 1863, 1865, 1870, 1871 and numerous other times down to the present.
In the explosion which occurred on Oct. 12, 1855, one wheel-mill, press mill and a
canal boat were destroved. James Whipple and Oliver G. Whipple, who were
respectively Oliver M. Whipple's brother and son, were killed, as well as Luther
Robinson, Edwin Hardy, John Swett, Franklin Hawkes and Samuel Phinney; five others
were wounded. Previous to this the entire property had been sold by Mr. Whipple to
G. G. Newhall & Co., of Boston.
In 1859 a new partnership was formed, by which the Oriental Powder Company
came into being. In 1873 the superintendent, Mr. Jackson, resigned ; since which time
Mr. Ezra F. Newhall, and Mr. Kaiser and also Mr. Smith, have filled that position. The
mills are still controlled and operated by the Oriental Powder Mills.
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Lectures on Chemistry & Explosives - Munroe 1888
http://books.google.com/books/download/Lectures_on_chemistry...
Lecture V - Chlorates and Nitro Substitution compounds
*.PDF index page 92
with regard to this earlier post
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=14293#...
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