No. 1.
Date of Permit1-9-13  22-6-14
Nitroglycerine21  40
Collodion cotton1  2
Di- and Trinitro-toluene  0·2
Wood meal15·85
Potassium perchlorate37  14
Ammonium oxalate25  39

Limit charge

16 

30 oz.
Power (swing of ballistic pendulum)  2·562·51”

Both have now been repealed.

*NEONITE.—A 30-grain bulk gelatinised smokeless shot-gun powder introduced by the New Explosives Co. in 1907. According to an analysis given in “Arms and Explosives,” 1917, p. 76, its composition is—

Nitrocellulose, insoluble  73·0
”   soluble9·0
Metallic nitrates10·5
Vaseline5·9
Moisture1·6

Neonites are also made for various types of rifled small arms, including military rifles, cadet rifles, revolvers and rim-fire rifles. These are all nitrocellulose powders with or without moderants.

*NEW EXPLOSIVES COMPANY’S SMOKELESS POWDER or N.E.—A 36-grain fibrous bulk powder for shot-guns introduced in 1912. According to an analysis given in “Arms and Explosives,” 1917, p. 76, its composition is—

Nitrocellulose, insoluble  50·0
”   soluble25·8
Metallic nitrates12·0
Nitro-hydrocarbons7·0
Vaseline3·5
Moisture1·7

NEW FORTEX. See [FORTEX].

NITRALITE. See [DENSITE].

NITRO-DENSITE.—A coal-mine explosive made by Kynoch, Ltd. It was of the [Carbonite] type, and was at one time on the Permitted List—