Gelatin-Dynamite containing water

Gelatin-Dynamite Containing Water. Mix AN 57.1, K nitrate 5, carbonaceous fuel 7.8, NC gel 22.8, guar gel 8 (8-rl2 parts water per part guar). The result is a gel dynamite insensitive to a No 2 cap in the open, compared... 

Upon leaving the filter house, where it has been washed and filtered, and has satisfactorily passed the heat test, it is drawn off from the lowest tank in indiarubber buckets, and poured down the conduit leading to the precipitating house, where it is allowed to stand for a day, or sometimes longer, in order to allow the little water it still contains to rise to the surface. In order to accomplish this, it is sufficient to allow it to stand in covered-in tanks of a conical form, and about 3 or 4 feet high. In many works it is previously filtered through common salt, which of course absorbs the last traces of water. It is then of a pale yellow colour, and should be quite clear, and can be drawn off by means of a tap (of vulcanite), fixed at the bottom of the tanks, into rubber buckets, and is ready for use in the preparation of dynamite, or any of the various forms of gelatine compounds, smokeless powders, c., such as cordite, ballistite, and many others. 

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