[12] “Metalline Nitroleum”—Patent No. 93,754, dated Aug. 17, 1869, granted to Taliaferro P. Shaffner, of Louisville, Kentucky. Claim as follows: “I claim a compound composed of a mixture of Nitro-Glycerin with metallic powder or atoms, however formed or produced.”
[13] “Lithofracteur”—For a wonder this has not been patented.
[14] “Dualin”—Patent No. 98,854, dated January 18, 1870, granted to Carl Dittmar, of Charlottenberg, Prussia. Claim as follows: “I claim a compound consisting of cellulose, nitro-cellulose, nitro-starch, nitro-mannite and Nitro-Glycerin, mixed in different combinations, depending on the degree of strength which it is desired the powder should possess in adapting its use to various purposes.”
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