Manual of military engineering . iven into theground. If the straw ropes are carefully made, this makes amore durable mat than the previous one. (PL 67.) CHAPTER XVI.—HASTY DEMOLITIONS WITHEXPLOSIVES. Explosives. Explosives 198. The service explosives available for hasty demoHtionsth^Tlrf in the field are guncotton, gunpowder, cordite ; guncotton beingspecially carried for this purpose. Dynamite may also some-times be obtained For hasty demohtions guncotton is by far the best of the parison of service explosives. Its chief advantages over gunpowderGuncotton ^^^ *^^^ ^^^ equivalen
Manual of military engineering . iven into theground. If the straw ropes are carefully made, this makes amore durable mat than the previous one. (PL 67.) CHAPTER XVI.—HASTY DEMOLITIONS WITHEXPLOSIVES. Explosives. Explosives 198. The service explosives available for hasty demoHtionsth^Tlrf in the field are guncotton, gunpowder, cordite ; guncotton beingspecially carried for this purpose. Dynamite may also some-times be obtained For hasty demohtions guncotton is by far the best of the parison of service explosives. Its chief advantages over gunpowderGuncotton ^^^ *^^^ ^^^ equivalent effects a guncotton charge takes upand much less room, and does not require the same amount of powder. tamping*; it is therefore much more easily and quickly placedand fired, which is an important point in hasty demohtions. * Tamping is covering tha charge over with earth or other materialso as to confine the gases at the commencement of the explosion, and thusdevelop their force more fully. Plate. 65. STRAW MATS MALAY HJTCH. STRAW ROPE MATS ^^J7- ^ ^^.3.
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