A smokeless explosive, introduced in 1889, so called from its cord-like appearance.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > explosive for use with firearms > smokeless (4) cordite1889 A smokeless explosive, introduced in 1889, so called from its cord-like appearance. ballistite1892 A smokeless explosive (propellant) invented by Alfred Nobel in 1887, consisting of nitroglycerine and soluble nitrocellulose in roughly equal… maximite1897 A high explosive consisting chiefly of picric acid, used to detonate shells and torpedoes. axite1904 A smokeless powder for sporting rifles, composed of strip cordite in which a little of the gun-cotton is replaced by potassium nitrate. |
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