Reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion
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Explosive Agents
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A system of pyrotechny : comprehending the theory and practice, with the application of chemistry : designed for exhibition and for war : in four parts, containing an account of the substances used in fire-works : the instruments, utensils, and manipulations : fire-works for exhibition : and military pyrotechny : adapted to the military and naval officer, the man of science, and the artificer / by James Cutbush.
Cutbush, James, 1788-1823.Date: 1825- Archives and manuscripts
Artillery: 16th cent.
Date: 1559Reference: MS.87
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Memoir on the explosiveness of nitre : with a view to elucidate its agency in the tremendous explosion of July, 1845, in New York / by Robert Hare.
Hare, Robert, 1781-1858.Date: 1849- Archives and manuscripts
Feuer-Buech
Date: 1584Reference: MS.272
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The controlled explosion of an underwater mine to clear rocks in the East River between Harlem and the Bronx, New York. Wood engraving.
Reference: 29270i