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Definition: DUALIN

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp, saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitro compounds. It is inferior to dynamite, and is more liable to explosion.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Dualin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: DUALIN

Domain Definition
Mining A variety of dynamite consisting of four to five parts nitroglycerin, three parts sawdust, and two parts potassium nitrate. (references)

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Definition: DUALIN

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp, saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitro compounds. It is inferior to dynamite, and is more liable to explosion.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DUALIN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: DUALIN

DomainDefinition
MiningA variety of dynamite consisting of four to five parts nitroglycerin, three parts sawdust, and two parts potassium nitrate. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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