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ballistite|ˈbælɪstaɪt| [f. ballista + -ite1.] A smokeless powder invented by A. Nobel, consisting of gun-cotton and nitroglycerine in about equal parts.
1892Arms & Explosives Oct. 11/1 The new explosive ‘Ballistite’, which the Italian War Office has lately been experimenting with. 1895O. Guttmann Manuf. Explosives II. 254 Nobel's ballistite, which has soluble gun-cotton as its base. 1912J. M. Ingalls Interior Ballistics (ed. 3) 140 The ballistite..was in the form of cubes 0·3 of an inch on a side. |