- Besides its use as a starting-point in the production of "nitroglycerin" (q.v.) and other chemical products, glycerin is largely employed for a number of purposes in the arts, its application thereto being due to its peculiar physical properties.   anvd [Please select]

It was as if two harmless chemicals had met and blended into nitroglycerin.   anvd [Please select]

The more closely volcanoes, Western rivers, nitroglycerin, and boys are pent, the deadlier is their action at the point of outbreak.   anvd [Please select]

That's pure nitroglycerin, though it's been mixed with so much sawdust.   anvd [Please select]

There was a chance that somebody had made up five special hand-loads for him, using nitroglycerin instead of powder, but that didn't seem likely, as it would not necessitate a switch of revolvers.   anvd [Please select]

I shall go, and you can do as you will,--blunder on," scornfully, "with your nitroglycerin, your rags, and drills and--and rouse the entire countryside, if you will.   anvd [Please select]