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    Nitroglycerin (redirect from Nitroglycerine)
    Nitroglycerin (NG) (alternative spelling of nitroglycerine), also known as trinitroglycerin (TNG), nitro, glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), or 1,2,3-trinitroxypropane...
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    causes breech-loading actions to jam and can make reloading difficult. Nitroglycerine was synthesized by the Italian chemist Ascanio Sobrero in 1847.: 195 ...
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  • oil company to drive two trucks over mountain dirt roads, loaded with nitroglycerine needed to extinguish an oil well fire. It is adapted from a 1950 French...
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    collodion-cotton (a type of nitrocellulose or guncotton) dissolved in either nitroglycerine or nitroglycol and mixed with wood pulp and saltpetre (sodium nitrate...
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  • Nitroglycerine (1987) by Coktel Vision C64 game". "Lucky Luke: Nitroglycerine (1987) by Coktel Vision Amstrad CPC game". "Lucky Luke: Nitroglycerine (1987)...
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    alternative to the traditional black powder explosives. It allows the use of nitroglycerine's favorable explosive properties while greatly reducing its risk of accidental...
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  • smokeless propellant made from two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine. It was developed and patented by Alfred Nobel in the late 19th century...
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    the University of Turin During his research he discovered, in 1847, nitroglycerine. He initially called it "pyroglycerine", and warned vigorously against...
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    James O'Donovan that showed flecks of paint from the boat and traces of nitroglycerine on his clothes. He was released in 1998 under the terms of the Good...
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    driving a stolen vehicle. Paint from Mountbatten's boat, and traces of nitroglycerine, were found on his clothes, and on 23 November 1979 he was convicted...
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