 Although changes in the chemical composition of powder, and even changes in the mode of ignition, cause a very considerable change in the metamorphosis experienced in explosion, as evidenced by the proportions of the products, the quantity of heat generated,...  Artillery and Explosives - Página 596por Sir Andrew Noble - 1906 - 548 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1902 - 874 páginas
...relation VOL. XVI. (No. 94.) z to the gravimetric density is not nearly so much affected as migitfe expected from the considerable alteration in the above...The work that gunpowder is capable of performing in eipuiiing in the bore of a gun was determined both by actual measuremtK and by calculation, and the... | |
 | Sir Andrew Noble - 1906 - 734 páginas
...little over 40 tons on the square inch, or about C400 atmospheres. 521 2 L 522 SOME MODERN EXPLOSIVES 2. Although changes in the chemical composition of...both by actual measurement and by calculation, and tho results were found to accord very closely. 4. The total potential energy of exploded gunpowder... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1902 - 1190 páginas
...quantity of permanent gases produced, being materially altered— it is somewhat remarkable that tho tension of the products in relation to the gravimetric...the density of unity was found to be about 332,000 gramme units per gramme, or 486 foot-tons per Ib. of powder. I must confess that when I gave the lecture... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1900 - 692 páginas
...density is about unity — is a little over 40 tons on the square inch, or about 6403 atmospheres. (2) Although changes in the chemical composition of...the density of unity was found to be about 332,000 gramme units per gramme, or 486 foot tons per Ib. of powder. I must confess that when I gave the lecture... | |
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