Nitro-Glycerine: Its Manufacture and Use

Year: 1869

By Stephen Chester, C.E.

Paper read to ASCE on 2 June 1869 that explains practical methods for producing nitro-glycerine, its safest preparation for land and submarine blasting, and ways to mitigate public fears about the new explosive. Chester focuses on step-by-step manufacturing details, storage precautions, and detonating techniques suitable for civil-engineering works such as tunnels, quarries, and harbor clearances.