Crossword-Solution: BALLISTITE
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Hint 1 meaning
The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the
sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the
daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night.
Hint 2 anagram
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AID WHEN GOING TO COURT
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Sentences with BALLISTITE (5)
Nitro-glycerine is also largely used in the manufacture of smokeless powders, such as cordite, ballistite, and several others.
Ballistite is manufactured at Ardeer in Scotland, at Chilworth in Surrey, and also in Italy, under the name of Filite, which is in the form of cords instead of cubes.
The ballistite made in Germany contained more nitro-cellulose, and the finished powder was coated with graphite.
Potassium Nitrate 1.3 " Barium Nitrate 18.6 " Wood Meal 1.4 " Vaseline 5.8 " ~Sporting Ballistite.~ Nitro-Glycerine 37.6 per cent Nitro-Cotton 62.3 " Volatile Matter 0.1 " The following is a complete List of the Permitted Explosives as Defined in the Schedules to the Explosives in Coal Mines Orders of the 20th December 1902, of the 24th December 1903, of the 5th September 1903, and 10th December 1903:-- Albionite.
The powder used with the 12-1/2-pounder was that known as 'ballistite.' Rocket signals and limelights were carried, but not used.