*NORMAL POWDER.—A smokeless powder which was said to have been adopted by the Governments of Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. The following analyses were given in “Arms and Explosives,” 1917, p. 91—
| Rifle. | Shot-gun Powders. | ||
| Date of Sample | 1895 | 1913 | 1902 |
| Nitrocellulose, insoluble | 93·0 | 8·8 | 40·8 |
| ” soluble | 3·5 | 89·4 | 56·1 |
| Resin | 2·0 | — | — |
| Moisture | 1·5 | 1·8 | 2·0 |
NORMANITE.—A coal-mine explosive which was made by the Cotton Powder Co., and was on the old Permitted List—
| Nitroglycerine | 33·5 |
| Collodion cotton | 1·5 |
| Potassium nitrate | 44·5 |
| Wood meal | 8 |
| Charcoal | 1·5 |
| Ammonium oxalate | 11 |
Explosifs O are the chlorate explosives made in the French State factories. O1, O2, O4 and O5 are [Cheddites] (q. v.). O3 is a Sprengel explosive, and is dealt with under the heading of [Prométhée].
OAKLEY QUARRY POWDER is a blasting explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate and [tetryl].
OAKLITE.—A coal-mine explosive made by the Explosives and Chemical Products, Ltd., which was on the old Permitted List—
| No. 1. | No. 2. | |
| Nitroglycerine | 25·5 | 10 |
| Collodion cotton | 1 | 0·5 |
| Potassium nitrate | 34·5 | — |
| Ammonium nitrate | — | 79·3 |
| Wood meal | 38·7 | 10 |
| Magnesium carbonate | 0·3 | 0·2 |
ODITE.—A coal-mine explosive which was made by the New Explosives Co., and was on the old Permitted List—
| Ammonium nitrate | 88 |
| Dinitro-benzene | 12 |