Memoir on the Explosiveness of Nitre, with a view to elucidate its agency in the tremendous explosion of July, 1845 in New York
first edition Original printed wrappers.
1849 · Washington
by Hare, R
Washington: Smithsonian Inst., 1849. First Edition. OFFPRINT.. Original printed wrappers.. Good; somewhat dusty; fragile; small tide mark at the margin; horizontal fold.. Large 4to, 19 pp.
In July 1845 a series of warehouses in New York burned out of control. One of the buildings contained hundreds of sacks of saltpetre. The heat was so intense that some of it liquified. Upper stories of the building fell to the ground compressing this liquified mass that then came into contact with superheated water. The resulting explosion was tremendous. Hare (truncated)
In July 1845 a series of warehouses in New York burned out of control. One of the buildings contained hundreds of sacks of saltpetre. The heat was so intense that some of it liquified. Upper stories of the building fell to the ground compressing this liquified mass that then came into contact with superheated water. The resulting explosion was tremendous. Hare (truncated)
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