USES OF GLYCERINE
1 The diversified uses to -which glycerin# is put indicate its importance in commerce. Most of the distilled glycerine finds its way into the manufacture of explosives, such us nitroglycerine, dynamite and the more recently developed lng<b. explosives. These are generally a combination of nitroglycerine with guncotton or nitrocellulose, and the resulting product is known by a great variety of •names. Commercially pure glycerine is a well-known reagent in pharmacy and medicine, where nitroglycerine itself is sometimes emphjjed. Glycerine enters into a number of technical processes,, such as the manufacture of soaps, inks, waterproof paper, and for the production ol such plastic masses as printing rollers and 'other masses used in the. art ci production. Glycerine is also used in gns meters and "tubes which must withstand great cold, and for filling hydraulic jacks. It is one of the important items in sizing textiles and in that treatment of wine, beer, and vinegar known as "scheelizing."
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 36, 6 November 1920, Page 7
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159USES OF GLYCERINE Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 36, 6 November 1920, Page 7
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