Definition of Dunnite

1. an explosive [n -S] - See also: explosive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dunnite

dunnart
dunnarts
dunned
dunnekin
dunner
dunners
dunness
dunnesses
dunnest
dunnier
dunnies
dunniest
dunning
dunnings
dunnish
dunnite (current term)
dunnites
dunno
dunnock
dunnocks
dunny
dunpickle
dunpickles
duns
dunsh
dunshed
dunshes
dunshin
dunshing
dunt

Literary usage of Dunnite

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

1. Elementary Naval Ordnance and Gunnery: Including Close-order Infantry by Hobart Cole Ramsey (1918)
"It includes all the various forms of high explosives used in the Navy, such as Gun-Cotton, Explosive "D" (dunnite); Trinitrotoluol (TNT); ..."

2. Text-book of Ordnance and Gunnery by William Freeland Fullam, Thomas Charles Hart (1905)
"(2) An account of its action, in the experiments at Sandy Hook, will be found in the chapter on " Penetration of Projectiles." 72. dunnite. ..."

3. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1901)
"The armour-piercing shell, carrying sixty pounds of dunnite, was next fired at one of ... It had been the intention to fire alternate shots of dunnite and ..."

4. High-explosive Shell Manufacture: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Forging by Douglas Thomas Hamilton (1916)
"dunnite is not a sensitive explosive; consequently, quite a heavy detonating charge is used. The detonating composition is made of picric acid in various ..."

5. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"... which are practi ^ all nitrocellulose. Ammonium picrate is used in shells in place of picric acid. In _^ US this bursting charge is styled dunnite, ..."

6. Fundamentals of Military Service by Lincoln Clarke Andrews, Leonard Wood (1916)
"... and later of dunnite, for bursting charges, it was found that the shot could be exploded, and all armor piercing projectiles are now loaded with the ..."

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