Investigation Of Detonators And Electric Detonators Classic Reprint

Author : C. Napier Hake
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330625446
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (254 download)

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Download or read book Explosives and Their Power written by C. Napier Hake and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Explosives and Their Power: Translated and Condensed From the French of M. Berthelot The great work of M. Berthelot has for some years been a mine from which copious stores of valuable matter have been obtained and translated into various languages. So far, however, no English translation or adaptation of the book, as a whole, has appeared. The idea of making such a translation, or, rather, condensation, of M. Berthelot's somewhat bulky volumes occurred some time ago to Mr. Hake and myself. Circumstances, however, notably the appointment of Mr. Hake to the Inspectorship of Explosives in the Colony of Victoria, and a considerable pressure on my own time, prevented our carrying out this project in the way originally intended. But Mr. Macnab, then associated with, and subsequently successor to, Mr. Hake in his London business, has undertaken and carried out the larger portion of the very laborious work involved, and thus it is really to his energy and kindness that the work as it now appears is due. M. Berthelot's reputation as a scientist is world-wide; his attention was first especially drawn to explosives in the year 1870, and his labours have been continued with little, if any, intermission to the present time. The great key-note of the work now translated is the application of thermo-chemistry to the study of explosives. Though not the first in this field, yet M. Berthelot has, in the extent and variety of his researches, eclipsed his colleagues, and it is mainly due to him that thermo-chemistry occupies the position which it now holds in this department of science. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.