| No. 2. | ||
| Nitroglycerine | 25 | 25 |
| Potassium nitrate | 33 | — |
| Barium nitrate | 2 | — |
| Sodium nitrate | — | 29 |
| Wood meal | 39·8 | 36·3 |
| Sodium chloride | — | 9·5 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0·2 | 0·2 |
Limit charge | — | 22 oz. |
| Power (swing of ballistic pendulum) | — | 2·11” |
UPLEES POWDER.—A coal-mine explosive of the [Grisounite] type made by the Cotton Powder Co. It was for a time on the Permitted List but was repealed in 1914.
VELOX GELATINE.—A blasting explosive for hard rock made by the British South African Explosives Co. It contains less nitroglycerine than [blasting gelatine], and is intended to husband stocks of glycerine (“Arms and Explosives,” 1916, p. 81).
Gelatine VENDER is a Swiss explosive consisting of dinitro-acetin gelatinised with a little collodion cotton and mixed with ammonium nitrate.
VICTOR POWDER was a coal-mine explosive made by Nobel’s Explosives Co. There were two varieties at one time on the Permitted List—
| No. 2. | ||
| Date of Permit | 13-5-14 | 15-1-15 |
| Ammonium nitrate | 68 | 67 |
| Potassium chloride | 14·5 | — |
| Sodium chloride | — | 15 |
| Nitroglycerine | 8·5 | 9 |
| Wood meal | 9 | 9 |
Limit charge | 18 | 16 |
| Power (swing of ballistic pendulum) | 2·96” | 2·63” |
VICTORITE.—A coal-mine explosive of the [Carbonite] type made by Nobel’s Explosives Co. It was on the old Permitted List.
VIEILLE POWDER. See [Poudre B].
VIGORIT. See [MONACHIT].
VIGORITE is a name that has been given to several explosives in the past. One of these, manufactured in California in the ’seventies of the last century, contained potassium chlorate and nitroglycerine, and consequently was decidedly dangerous. It gave rise to a serious accident on the Grand Trunk Railway.