Du Pont blasters' handbook : a manual describing explosives and practical methods of using them.

Welmington, Delaware : Du Pont, 1952., 1952. Very Good. 13th ed (Sesquicentennial ed.) ; 453 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. ; LC: TN279 ; "prepared by the Technical Service Section of the Explosives Department. " ; similar to OCLC: 20470490 ; dark green textured "fabrikoid" ; mark on front endpaper ; Contents: Early history -- Twentieth century Du Pont -- Notable achievements -- Black powder -- Dynamite -- Chemecol -- Jet products -- Blasting supplies -- Blasting accessories -- Ventilation aids -- Handling and storage -- Primers and priming -- Loading -- Firing with safety fuse -- Firing electrically -- Firing with 'Primacord" -- General precautions -- Cuts and rounds -- Shafts and tunnels -- Anthracite Coal mines -- Bituminous coal mines -- Ore mines -- Nonmetallic mines -- Quarries and open pits -- Strippings -- Grade construction -- Agricultural blasting -- Miscellaneous uses -- Seismic prospecting -- Well-shooting -- Measurements and records -- Production of explosives -- Don'ts -- Fume classifications -- Trade-marks -- Offices. ; Some types of Du Pont patented explosives mentioned herein include Agritol, Duobel, Gelex, Lump coal, Monobel, Red Cross Extra, Seismogel, Stripkolek, Nitramex (Ammonium Nitrate), Nitramon (Nitrocarbonitrate) ; VG