A NEW EXPLOSIVE.
MORE POWERFUL THAN DYNAMITE. INVENTION OF AN ENGLISHMAN. United Press Assooiation-By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received October i!2, 8.5 a.m. LONDON, October 21 The Panama Canal Commissioners have tested an explosive, the invention of an Englishman, which is cheaper and more powerful than dyna mite. Fire and blows from a sledge hammer have no effect on it; it only explodes when a special detonator ia inserted. Perchlorate of ammonia and nitrate of soda are among the ingredi
ients A factory is being erected on the isthmus.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9630, 23 October 1909, Page 5
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88A NEW EXPLOSIVE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9630, 23 October 1909, Page 5
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