Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2014-06-20 Public domain in the USA. 108 Maxim, Hudson 1853 1927 Dynamite Stories, and Some Interesting Facts About Explosives Reading ease score: 62.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Joke Van Dorst and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Dynamite Stories, and Some Interesting Facts About Explosives" by Hudson Maxim is a collection of anecdotes and insights into the world of explosives, written in the early 20th century. The work combines both entertaining stories related to the use of dynamite and explosives with informative explanations about the science behind how they function and their historical significance. The book likely serves to demystify explosives while highlighting the potential dangers associated with them, as well as the human stories entwined with their use. The opening of the collection introduces the author’s foundational ideas about explosives, notably the technical aspects of various types, including dynamite and smokeless powder. Through a mix of humor and cautionary tales, it presents stories such as the careless handling of explosives leading to accidents, illustrating the fine line between safety and disaster in the industry. The author shares personal experiences, such as his own accident with fulminate, and other humorous yet dangerous escapades, setting the tone for a blend of informative, entertaining, and sometimes shocking narratives about the lives of those who work with explosives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46039/46039-h/images/cover.jpg en Explosions PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science - General 264037 264043 2024-10-19T10:04:52.021250 2023-09-20T05:52:30.251916 text/html text/html 264128 2014-06-30T09:00:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 239330 2014-06-30T09:00:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 249177 2024-10-19T10:04:57.095184 application/epub+zip 248568 2024-10-19T10:04:52.870207 application/epub+zip 157148 2024-10-19T10:04:52.434224 application/epub+zip 370649 2024-10-19T10:05:00.845202 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 309639 2024-10-19T10:04:56.557247 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218449 2022-09-21T03:47:18.705346 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 226051 225860 2024-10-19T10:04:51.386213 2023-09-20T05:52:29.717909 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 225735 2014-06-30T09:00:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 85057 2014-06-30T09:00:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 225726 2014-06-30T09:00:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 85034 2014-06-30T09:00:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21089 2024-10-19T10:05:01.047165 application/rdf+xml 13210 2024-10-19T10:04:52.529238 image/jpeg 1678 2024-10-19T10:04:52.483240 image/jpeg 252027 2024-10-19T10:04:52.052221 application/octet-stream application/zip