Picric acid, 152, 231. powders, 157, 189.

Picrates, 154, 231.

Polarised light and nitro-cellulose, 218.

Position of the NO_{2} group in nitro-explosives, 2, 3, 16.

Prentice's nitric acid plant, 43.

Pressure gauge, 282.

Primers of gun-cotton, 166.

Properties of dynamite, 116. gelatine compounds, 130.

Pulping gun-cotton, 65.

Pyroxyline for celluloid, 96. solvents for, 101.