| RefNo | NLB/7/67 |
| AltRefNo | NLB/7 p29-31 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Statement as to the explosibility of wet guncotton through cumulative detonation by Hermann Johann Phillipp Sprengel |
| Date | 16 November 1892 |
| Description | Discusses the explosibility of guncotton noting that the first information regarding the successful detonation of wet guncotton is contained in 'Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society]' 1874, volume 164, page 368, by Sir Frederick Augustus Abel. Notes the prior communication to the Chemical Society of London as described in their journal volume 26, page 806, of Sprengel's cumulative detonation, and mentions explosions carried out by Mr E O Brown, Sprengel's assistant. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Carbon |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | see also NLB/7/69 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6484 | Sprengel; Hermann Johann Phillipp (1834 - 1906); chemist | 1834 - 1906 |
| NA3596 | Abel; Sir; Frederick Augustus (1827 - 1902); chemist and explosives expert | 1827 - 1902 |