| 11. | Abel patented this process in 1865, when the second Austrian guncotton factory exploded.
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| 12. | Each ship carried six mines, which had an explosive charge of of guncotton.
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| 13. | Blasting gelatine, gelignite, ballistite, guncotton, and cordite were also produced here.
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| 14. | From the 1890s new types of explosive were coming into use, including guncotton and cordite.
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| 15. | Its main composition was 58 % Nitro-glycerine, 37 % Guncotton and 3 % mineral jelly.
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| 16. | Guncotton was more powerful than gunpowder, but at the same time was once again somewhat more unstable.
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| 17. | John Taylor obtained an English patent for guncotton; and John Hall & Sons began manufacture in Faversham.
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| 18. | After the Stowmarket factory exploded in 1871, Waltham Abbey began production of guncotton for torpedo and mine warheads.
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| 19. | The basic propellant charges were contained in 4 small white cambric bags each containing 1 oz of guncotton yarn.
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| 20. | Early guncotton was unstable, however, and burned very fast and hot, leading to greatly increased barrel wear.
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