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Hoosac Tunnel

Mowbray, G.M. (1814—1891). Brit-American chemist who arrived from Engl about 1855, and was one of the first to manuf NG. His product was used in the construction of the Hoosac tunnel. He later did valuable work in the development of ZyIonite (qv) and also exptd with proplnt powd... [Pg.175]

Electric Friction Machine suitable for field use was invented by Baron von Ebner of Austria. After being improved in 1869, it was used in the blasting of Hoosac tunnel (Vol 2 of Encycl, pp B187-L B212-L)... [Pg.137]

His experiences and methods are told in a very interesting manner in his book, Tri-Nitro-Glycerine, as Applied in the Hoosac Tunnel, third edition, rewritten, New York and North Adams, 1874. [Pg.212]

Nitro-glycerine, dualin, dynamite, and various other compounds of terrific energy, are used in these great engineering projects. It is understood that nitroglycerine has been the princi l agent in the Mount Oenis tunnel, as it has t>een Tor some years past in the Hoosac. [Pg.131]

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