A Practical Treatise on the Fabrication of Matches, Gun Cotton, Colored Fires and Fulminating Powders (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on the Fabrication of Matches, Gun Cotton, Colored Fires and Fulminating Powders

Chemical improvements favored also the development of this industry; oxygenated tinder-boxes largely increased; and, at last, the invention of inflammable mastic produced a complete revolution.

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