| [CHAPTER I]. |
|
Nitro-Glycerin—Introduction of the explosive in New York, San
Francisco, Lake Superior, and the Hoosac Tunnel, Massachusetts;
Accidents; Reports of Engineers Thos. A. Doane, W. P. Granger and
B. D. Frost, of the Manufacturer; Miners’ statement. |
| [CHAPTER II]. |
|
Submarine Blasting—Erie Harbor—Dimon’s Reef, New
York—Coenties Reef, N. Y.—Oil Wells, Penn. |
| [CHAPTER III]. |
| Nitro-Glycerin considered in its chemical details. |
| [CHAPTER IV]. |
| Electricity in blasting operations. |
| [CHAPTER V]. |
|
The Tri-Nitro-Glycerin manufactured at the Hoosac Tunnel—How
Tri-Nitro-Glycerin is made—How stored—How Gutta-Percha is purified—How
the Exploders are manufactured. |
| [CHAPTER VI]. |
| Explosive mixtures. |
| [CHAPTER VII]. |
| Nitro-Glycerin patents and litigation. |
| [CHAPTER VIII]. |
|
Hoosac Tunnel—Drilling by machine—Blasting with
Powder—Nitro-Glycerin. |
| [DIRECTIONS] FOR HANDLING AND USING TRI-NITRO-GLYCERIN. |
| [APPENDIX]. |
| [A.] Memoranda for Contractors. |
| [B.] Over-sensitive Exploders. |
| [C.] Professor Abel on effects of initial explosion on explosives. |
| [D.] Car freighted with 4,800 lbs. Nitro-Glycerin off the track. |
| [E.] Accidents at the Hoosac Tunnel. |