The chemistry of powder and explosives : complete in one volume

The present volume contains in one binding the whole contents of Volume I, first published in May, 1941, and the whole contents of Volume II which was published in March, 1943. The book was primarily for chemists. The writing of it was commenced in order that a textbook might be available for the use of students in the course in powder and explosives which the author gave for about twenty years (nearly every year since the first World War) to fourth-year and graduate students of chemistry and of chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.... The aim of the book has been too described as clearly and interestingly as possible and as fully as seemed profitable the modes of behavior, both physical and chemical, of explosive substances, whether these modes find practical application or not. Historical material has been included where it was thought that it contributed to this end, and has not been included elsewhere or for any other reason. It is a fact that a knowledge of the history of ideas, of persons, or of things produces something of the same sympathetic understanding of them that living with them and working with them does. --- excerpts from book's Preface This book which was written in 1943 is mostly about explosives as it's name suggests. However there are sections on blackpowder and pyrotechnics, making up about 100 pages (out of 500). There are a great many useful formula and sections on the construction of most pyrotechnic devices. It is well written and illustrated and taking into consideration it's age, still a useful book. By Tenney L. Davis. Contains In One Binding The Whole Contents Of Volume I, First Published In May, 1941, And The Whole Contents Of Volume Ii, First Published In 1943.--preface. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.