PROPELLANTS

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PROPELLANTS , a generic name for

explosives

EXPLOSIVES

used for propelling projectiles from guns and other firearms, in

order

ORDER
ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis,
rank
- rent
  - RENT
  _mod_rang.html">RANK (O.Fr. rant or
  rent
  - RENT
  , mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)
, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
ORDER,
HOLY
- HOLY

to distinguish them from the more violent

explosives

EXPLOSIVES

used in shells, mines, &c., to produce a

blasting

BLASTING

effect. Some explosive substances can be used both as propellants and as bursters, as for example

gunpowder

GUNPOWDER

, and some of the ingredients of a propellant may be similar, though differently proportioned and combined, to those of a " high explosive." (For details
See EXPLOSIVES;

GUNPOWDER

GUNPOWDER

;

CORDITE

CORDITE

, &C.)

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