Definition of Amberite

1. an amberlike powder [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amberite

amberbell
ambered
amberfish
amberfishes
ambergreace
ambergrease
ambergreece
ambergreese
ambergrise
ambergrises
amberies
amberina
amberinas
ambering
amberite (current term)
amberites
amberjack
amberjacks
amberlike
amberoid
amberoids
amberous
ambers
ambery
ambi-
ambiance
ambiances
ambident
ambident anion

Literary usage of Amberite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes on Shooting: With Instructions Concerning the Use of Nitro Powders by Expert (1904)
"In " amberite " we have a smokeless powder belonging to what is commonly regarded as ... amberite possesses the virtues of the class to which it belongs. ..."

2. Sporting Guns and Gunpowders: Comprising a Selection from Reports of by Frederick Toms (1897)
"The old and the new samples of Schnitze gave practically equal patterns ; and amberite ran them pretty close for the most part, but the resulte were not ..."

3. Technology of Cellulose Esters: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the by Edward Chauncey Worden (1921)
"amberite No. 2, consists of nitrocellulose, insoluble, 13-53, nitrocellulose, soluble 59-24, ... Blasting amberite consists of amberite No. ..."

4. The Mining Engineer (1894)
"amberite Nos. 1 AND 2. amberite No. 1 was licensed in 1892, ... amberite No. 2 was licensed in 1892, under Class 3, Division 2, as follows :— amberite No. ..."

5. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1894)
"Among them, we note the following explosives authorized during the year: amberite No. i, consisting of purified nitro-cellulose mixed with ..."

6. The "House" on Sport by Members of the London Stock Exchange by William Alphonse Morgan, Stock Exchange (London, England), England Stock Exchange (London (1898)
"Diamond " -*•' Grain (Black) and " amberite" PATENT SMOKELESS SPORTING, ... OOO SHOTS WITH amberite." After firing the above out of a new Hammerless Ejector ..."

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