cordite in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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The business later diversified into the production of blasting gelatine, gelignite, ballistite, guncotton, and cordite.
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They were loaded and traversed by hydraulic power; the submerged tubes were fired by compressed air while the above-water tubes used cordite charges.
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The site employed 13,000 workers, making cordite, an explosive propellent for shells.
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It fired a 400 gr. jacketed bullet ahead of a charge of 56 - 60 gr. of cordite at a velocity of 2150ft/s m/s.
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Faulty or over-age cordite was blamed for the loss.
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Since cordite contained guncotton (nitrocellulose) and nitroglycerine, cartridges loaded with this formulation were often prefixed by nitro as a means of differentiation.
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The factory made cordite, an explosive propellent for shells.
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They are named after the propellant they use, cordite, which is composed of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine.
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