| 1. | Alfred Nobel then developed ballistite, by combining nitroglycerin and guncotton.
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| 2. | There he worked with the explosive material guncotton and other nitrosulphates.
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| 3. | Inside the mass was inserted a 2 ounce dry guncotton fuse.
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| 4. | Small arms could not withstand the pressures generated by guncotton.
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| 5. | Jules Verne viewed the development of guncotton with optimism.
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| 6. | The first production of guncotton took place in the Marsh Works in 1847.
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| 7. | Abel patented this process in 1865 when the second Austrian guncotton factory exploded.
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| 8. | DuPont began producing guncotton at Carneys Point Township, New Jersey in 1891.
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| 9. | Also tried were dropping hand-thrown guncotton bombs.
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| 10. | Guncotton manufacture ceased for over 15 years until a safer procedure could be developed.
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