2. Noun. An explosive containing picric acid and guncotton ¹
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Definition of Melinite
1. a powerful explosive [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melinite
Literary usage of Melinite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on Explosives: A Course of Lectures Prepared Especially as a Manual by Willoughby Walke (1900)
"melinite.—For many years the secret of the composition of this explosive was so
well guarded that nothing definite could be learned about either the ..."
2. The Hygiene, Diseases and Mortality of Occupations by John Thomas Arlidge (1892)
"The making of picric acid is a first stage in the production of melinite, and is
carried ... The secret French explosive melinite has not, to my knowledge, ..."
3. The Hygiene, Diseases and Mortality of Occupations by John Thomas Arlidge (1892)
"The making of picric acid is a first stage in the production of melinite, and is
carried ... The secret French explosive melinite has not, to my knowledge, ..."
4. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"melinite is a mixture of picric acid with collodion, or in one form is supposed
to be fused picric acid alone, which has been melted ..."
5. Colour Studies in Paris by Arthur Symons (1918)
"LA melinite: MOULIN-ROUGE. OLIVIER METRA'S Waltz of Roses Sheds in a rhythmic
shower The very petals of the flower; And all is roses, The rouge of petals in ..."
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