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US232381A
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  • the base of my compound is composed of picric acid. This in itself is not explosive; but by the addition of other substances or ingredients which easily yield oxygen-such as chlorates, perchlorates, nitrates, mangamates, and permanganates, or other fusible .chlorates which yield oxygen by decomposition-the carbon of the picric acid is changed or. transformed all at once into carbonic acid,
  • the proportion of the aboveingredients will vary according to the effect desired, the picric acid being, however, always a base, or in excess of the chlorate of potash or other oxidiz ing agent.
  • the process of man ufacturing my explosive compound is as follows, to wit: The ingredients are first reduced to a fine powder by a separate trituration, after which they are well incorporated together, with the addition of about five (5) per cent. of pulverized rosin. I then sprinkle the product. with a suflicient quantity of benzine, kerosene-oil, or other fluid to moisten it, which will readily dissolve the rosin and pass off quickly duringthe opera-- tion of stirring the mass, which agitation should be constantLy kept up, or until the evaporation of the benzine takes place and the compound becomes a plastic mass easily molded. .L then press it into cartridges of sufficient size by packing it in molds or cylinders. By thismeans, also, the cartridge is rendered impervious to the action of wet or moisture, the rosin and benzine or coal-oil forming a coatin g or protection which enables me to explode the cartridge under water.
  • the compound is not dangerous to manufacture or handle at a temperature less than that of 212 Fahrenheit, and, furthermore, it will not be affected by cold, like nitroglycerine, and, lastly, in exploding, the presence of noxious or injurious gases is not to be found, which latter fact makes my compound more desirable for mining purposes or underground work than other high explosives.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...
MAX TSOHIRNER, OF SAN FRANGISGO, CALIFORNIA.
EXPLOSIYVE COMPOUND.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,381, da.ted September 21, 1880.
Application filed May IB, 1880. (No specimens.)
To all whom it may con ern Be it known that I, MAX TsoHIRNER,a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the coun'tyof San Francisco and State of California, have discovered a new and useful Explosive Compound, of which the following is a specification.
The base of my compound is composed of picric acid. This in itself is not explosive; but by the addition of other substances or ingredients which easily yield oxygen-such as chlorates, perchlorates, nitrates, mangamates, and permanganates, or other fusible .chlorates which yield oxygen by decomposition-the carbon of the picric acid is changed or. transformed all at once into carbonic acid,
and the explosion effected instantaneously and with great effect; hence my invention or discovery consists in the combination of picric acid with an oxidizing agent, of which elements or ingredients I prefer chlorate of pot ash, as this chemical is generally to be had in large quantities and at a reasonable price.
The proportion of the aboveingredients will vary according to the effect desired, the picric acid being, however, always a base, or in excess of the chlorate of potash or other oxidiz ing agent.
lhe following formula of one hundred (100) parts will be sutficiently explicit to enable those skilledih the art to manufacture my explosive compound, to wit:
Fifty-seven (57) parts of picric acid and forty-three (43) parts of chlorate ot'potash will give seventy-four and eighttcnths (74 per cent. of explosive force.
The relative proportions of the above ingredients may, of course, be varied within a suitable range according to the effect desired,
as the larger the quantity of picric acid employed the greater will be the explosive force of the compound. I
The process of man ufacturing my explosive compound is as follows, to wit: The ingredients are first reduced to a fine powder by a separate trituration, after which they are well incorporated together, with the addition of about five (5) per cent. of pulverized rosin. I then sprinkle the product. with a suflicient quantity of benzine, kerosene-oil, or other fluid to moisten it, which will readily dissolve the rosin and pass off quickly duringthe opera-- tion of stirring the mass, which agitation should be constantLy kept up, or until the evaporation of the benzine takes place and the compound becomes a plastic mass easily molded. .L then press it into cartridges of sufficient size by packing it in molds or cylinders. By thismeans, also, the cartridge is rendered impervious to the action of wet or moisture, the rosin and benzine or coal-oil forming a coatin g or protection which enables me to explode the cartridge under water.
The value of my invention or discovery is evinced in and by the following statem.ent that is to say, the uniting of only two ingredients which, in themselves or taken separately, are inexplosive, and when so united or compounded will explode with great force and effect only by means of fire or a very strong percussion,'such as a percussion-cap.
The compound is not dangerous to manufacture or handle at a temperature less than that of 212 Fahrenheit, and, furthermore, it will not be affected by cold, like nitroglycerine, and, lastly, in exploding, the presence of noxious or injurious gases is not to be found, which latter fact makes my compound more desirable for mining purposes or underground work than other high explosives.
I am aware that picric acid has been used in the manufacture of explosive compounds by impregnating sawdust with about two (2) per cent. of picric acid and two (2) per cent. of nitrate of potash in solution, to which were afterward added other gas producing and earthy substances. I am also aware that the picrates and chlorate of potash have been used in: the manufacture of explosive compounds. These, however, I do not claim; but
What I claim as my inventionor discovery is The explosive compound herein described, consisting of picric acid and chlorate. of pot ash, in about the proportions specified.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4th day of May, 1880.
MAX TSGHIRNER.
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