US42056A - Improvement in gunpowder - Google Patents
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- US42056A US42056A US42056DA US42056A US 42056 A US42056 A US 42056A US 42056D A US42056D A US 42056DA US 42056 A US42056 A US 42056A
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- 239000003721 gunpowder Substances 0.000 title description 8
- XTEGARKTQYYJKE-UHFFFAOYSA-M chlorate Chemical compound [O-]Cl(=O)=O XTEGARKTQYYJKE-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 10
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 8
- MYMOFIZGZYHOMD-UHFFFAOYSA-N oxygen Chemical compound O=O MYMOFIZGZYHOMD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 6
- 239000001301 oxygen Substances 0.000 description 6
- 229910052760 oxygen Inorganic materials 0.000 description 6
- 239000000843 powder Substances 0.000 description 6
- 241000251729 Elasmobranchii Species 0.000 description 4
- OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N carbon Chemical compound [C] OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 238000004880 explosion Methods 0.000 description 4
- 239000007789 gas Substances 0.000 description 4
- PWHULOQIROXLJO-UHFFFAOYSA-N manganese Chemical compound [Mn] PWHULOQIROXLJO-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 229910052748 manganese Inorganic materials 0.000 description 4
- 239000011572 manganese Substances 0.000 description 4
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 4
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 4
- 150000002927 oxygen compounds Chemical class 0.000 description 4
- BVKZGUZCCUSVTD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Carbonic acid Chemical compound OC(O)=O BVKZGUZCCUSVTD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- FYGDTMLNYKFZSV-MRCIVHHJSA-N Dextrin Chemical compound O[C@@H]1[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CO)OC1O[C@@H]1[C@@H](CO)OC(O[C@@H]2[C@H](O[C@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H]2O)CO)[C@H](O)[C@H]1O FYGDTMLNYKFZSV-MRCIVHHJSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229920001353 Dextrin Polymers 0.000 description 2
- 235000015842 Hesperis Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- 240000004804 Iberis amara Species 0.000 description 2
- 235000012633 Iberis amara Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- 240000003936 Plumbago auriculata Species 0.000 description 2
- RHZUVFJBSILHOK-UHFFFAOYSA-N anthracen-1-ylmethanolate Chemical compound C1=CC=C2C=C3C(C[O-])=CC=CC3=CC2=C1 RHZUVFJBSILHOK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 239000003830 anthracite Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000010426 asphalt Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000002802 bituminous coal Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000005422 blasting Methods 0.000 description 2
- 229910052799 carbon Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- CURLTUGMZLYLDI-UHFFFAOYSA-N carbon dioxide Chemical compound O=C=O CURLTUGMZLYLDI-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229920002678 cellulose Polymers 0.000 description 2
- 239000001913 cellulose Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000003610 charcoal Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000000460 chlorine Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229910052801 chlorine Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- ZAMOUSCENKQFHK-UHFFFAOYSA-N chlorine atom Chemical compound [Cl] ZAMOUSCENKQFHK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 150000001805 chlorine compounds Chemical class 0.000 description 2
- 239000000571 coke Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000001704 evaporation Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000002360 explosive Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000010439 graphite Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229920000591 gum Polymers 0.000 description 2
- 239000006233 lamp black Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000007788 liquid Substances 0.000 description 2
- 150000002978 peroxides Chemical class 0.000 description 2
- KWYUFKZDYYNOTN-UHFFFAOYSA-M potassium hydroxide Chemical compound [OH-].[K+] KWYUFKZDYYNOTN-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 2
- 239000002904 solvent Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000000126 substance Substances 0.000 description 2
- 235000011149 sulphuric acid Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C06—EXPLOSIVES; MATCHES
- C06B—EXPLOSIVES OR THERMIC COMPOSITIONS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS EXPLOSIVES
- C06B29/00—Compositions containing an inorganic oxygen-halogen salt, e.g. chlorate, perchlorate
- C06B29/02—Compositions containing an inorganic oxygen-halogen salt, e.g. chlorate, perchlorate of an alkali metal
- C06B29/04—Compositions containing an inorganic oxygen-halogen salt, e.g. chlorate, perchlorate of an alkali metal with an inorganic non-explosive or an inorganic non-thermic component
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- the aforesaid new powder is composed of chlorate of potassa or any other chlorate or an equivalent oxygen compound of chlorine with any suitable base, intimately mixed, either dry or in solution, and subsequent evaporation by means of the proper amount of water or other solvent with all or any of the following bodies, to wit: finely-divided wood-bark cellulose or their equivalents, mixed with carbonaceous matters very rich in carbon-such as anthracite or bituminous coal, coke, charcoal, asphaltum, lamp-black, plumbago, or their equivalents-further, with deutoxide of manganese or an equivalent body facilitating the escape of oxygen from the chlorates.
- solutions and evaporations may be performed by naked fire; but, as that is very dan gerous,I prefer the application of heat by the use of steam or any hot vapors, gases, or liquids, circulating or condensing in the apparatus in such manner as to effect the required purpose.
Description
CHARLES M. WETHERILL, OF LAFAYETTE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOB TO ISAAC B. DILLEB, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.
IMPROVEMENT IN GUNPOWDER, 80C.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. &2,056, dated March 22, 1864.
To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES M. WETHER- ILL, Ph. D., M. D., analytical chemist, of the city of Lafayette, county of Tippecanoe, State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Mode of Preparing Gunpowder; and I do hereby declare that the following is a description of the materials and method of manufacturing the same.
I claim the invention of a new explosive or deflagrating material suitable for all kinds of lire-arms, rockets, torpedoes, mines, blasting, and for all the purposes to which the different kinds of ordinary gunpowder are applicable.
The aforesaid new powder is composed of chlorate of potassa or any other chlorate or an equivalent oxygen compound of chlorine with any suitable base, intimately mixed, either dry or in solution, and subsequent evaporation by means of the proper amount of water or other solvent with all or any of the following bodies, to wit: finely-divided wood-bark cellulose or their equivalents, mixed with carbonaceous matters very rich in carbon-such as anthracite or bituminous coal, coke, charcoal, asphaltum, lamp-black, plumbago, or their equivalents-further, with deutoxide of manganese or an equivalent body facilitating the escape of oxygen from the chlorates. The solutions and evaporations may be performed by naked fire; but, as that is very dan gerous,I prefer the application of heat by the use of steam or any hot vapors, gases, or liquids, circulating or condensing in the apparatus in such manner as to effect the required purpose.
I am aware that mixtures of several of the above-mentioned substances have been at various times proposed for gunpowder. I do not claim theiuvention of any such mixtures; but
What I do claim is- 1. The invention of a mixture of an oxygen compound of chiorine capable of giving off its oxygen by heat wlth a carbonaceous body or bodies, in such proportion that the oxygen given off by the former shall be to the total carbon contained in the latter as eight parts, by weight, to six parts, with a view of forming carbonic oxide, or as sixteen parts, by weight,to six parts, by weight, with a view of forming carbonic acid, or in some intermediate proportion to form a mixture of the two aforesaid gases.
2. By the proper selection of the kind of carbonaceous matter or by the addition of the peroxide of manganese or its equivalent to obtain at pleasure a quicker or slower burning powder.
3. By the addition of a sufficient amount of dextrine or other equivalent gum, and with or without the subsequentoperations of pounding or pressing and granulating, the manufacture of a grained powder having valuable properties.
4. By the use of oil of vitriol or any body acting similarly upon the aforesaid chlorine compound, and brought in contact with it by appropriate devices at the proper mgment to efiect the explosion of the powderj-n shells at or soon after striking an object or by similar devices, the explosion of mines, torpedoes, or the like, under or against an enemy.
- CHARLES M. WETHERILL. Witnesses:
Isaac It. DILLER, DAN. ROWLAND.
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| US20040034982A1 (en) * | 2002-07-30 | 2004-02-26 | L&L Products, Inc. | System and method for sealing, baffling or reinforcing |
| US20040051251A1 (en) * | 2002-07-24 | 2004-03-18 | L&L Products, Inc. | Dynamic self-adjusting assembly for sealing, baffling or structural reinforcement |
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| US20040051251A1 (en) * | 2002-07-24 | 2004-03-18 | L&L Products, Inc. | Dynamic self-adjusting assembly for sealing, baffling or structural reinforcement |
| US20040034982A1 (en) * | 2002-07-30 | 2004-02-26 | L&L Products, Inc. | System and method for sealing, baffling or reinforcing |
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