Cordite is a family of smokeless propellants developed and produced in Britain since 1889 to replace black powder as a military firearm propellant. Like...
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Cordites is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species: Cordites armillata (Thomson, 1868) Cordites pubescens...
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Martini–Henry service rifle, originally loaded with blackpowder but later used cordite propellant. The various rifle cartridges fired a 480 gr (31 g) bullet made...
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Cordites armillata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by James Thomson in 1868. It is known from Brazil. BioLib.cz - Cordites...
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Cordites pubescens is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by James Thomson in 1868, originally under the genus Apamauta. It...
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Navy had its own factory at the Royal Navy Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, in Dorset, England. A large cordite factory was also built in Canada during World...
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committee's modification of ballistite", but this was soon abbreviated to cordite. After unsuccessful negotiations, in 1893, Nobel sued Abel and Dewar over...
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The Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath (RNCF) was set up at Holton Heath, Dorset, England, in World War I to manufacture cordite for the Royal Navy...
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powder. All subsequent .455 designs used cordite propellant. In 1894 some Mark I cartridges were loaded with cordite (identified by a case cannelure and "C"...
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1895 vote of no confidence in the Rosebery ministry (redirect from Cordite vote)
confidence in the Rosebery ministry of 21 June 1895, also known as the Cordite vote, was the occasion on which the Liberal Government of the Earl of Rosebery...
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Cordite was very sensitive to variations of temperature, and acid propagation/cordite deterioration would take place at a very rapid rate. Cordite MD...
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Ballistite, Cordite, and Rifleite. Ballistite was a stick-type smokeless powder composed of soluble nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine. Cordite was a stick-type...
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general case type as the .500 Black Powder Express but was loaded with cordite instead of black powder and appeared on the scene sometime in the 1890s...
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heritage-listed military installation and former munitions factory at Cordite Avenue, Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia. It was added to the Australian...
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BPE was loaded with cordite to become the .500/450 Magnum Nitro for Black, the same cartridge loaded with mild loadings of cordite, carefully balanced...
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synthesized in 1853 by Alexander William Williamson and later produced for cordite preparation. It is produced through hydration of propene or hydrogenation...
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lengths with smokeless cordite. The .450/400 23⁄8 inch Nitro Express was loaded with a 400 gr. RN bullet with 42 or 43 grains of cordite and was meant for...
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Ants Have Arseholes?". In 2012 he starred as Martin in the Radio 4 play Cordite for Breakfast, a comedy about Napoleonic-era battle re-enactments. In March...
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successful big game hunting cartridge. The first was the development of cordite in the UK in 1889 and second the development of the Magnum Mauser 98 action...
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of water. This cartridge was originally loaded with 90-grain (5.8 g) of cordite and 525-grain (34.0 g) bullet at 2,300 ft/s (700 m/s) for 6,166 ft⋅lbf...
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Smokeless powder (category Cordite)
service in 1891 as Cordite Mark 1. Its main composition was 58% nitroglycerine, 37% guncotton and 3% mineral jelly. A modified version, Cordite MD, entered service...
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Nobel, Ontario (category Cordite)
World War II. The British Cordite Limited was built by the Explosives Department of the Imperial Munitions Board to produce Cordite. Construction started...
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annotated version of it during his planning for the assassination. Citroën DS Cordite, which the assassin ingests to appear ill The Jackal "Regardless of whether...
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intended to use the British pom-pom, however, the weapon required the use of cordite which BuOrd had found objectionable for US service. Further investigation...
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explosives, and filling shells and bullets. Munitionettes manufactured cordite and TNT, and those working with TNT were at risk of becoming "Canary Girls...
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powders, dislodged foulings).[citation needed] Black powder Smokeless powder Cordite Brown powder "powder". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 16 May 2024...
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original cordite cartridge left a lot of residue in the barrel causing frequent jamming. This was resolved in 1914 with nitrocellulose instead of cordite in...
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Battle of Tsushima (section High explosive and cordite)
contact and wreck the upper structure of ships. The Japanese Navy imported cordite from Great Britain as the smokeless propellant for these Shimose shells...
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of British warships had been destroyed or damaged by flash from burning cordite propellant passing through the shell handling room into the magazine. It...
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thereafter sticks of cordite bound together with an igniter pad, if necessary, in a cloth bag, usually silk. The "stick" nature of cordite gave the cartridges...
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