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nitroglycerine, -in|naɪtrəʊˈglɪsərɪn|
[nitro- d.]
A violently explosive substance, having the form of a yellowish oily liquid, which is obtained by adding glycerine to a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids.
1857Miller Elem. Chem., Org. 92 Nitroglycerin..and various other compounds may be obtained in this manner with facility. 1858Fownes' Chem. (ed. 7) 504. 1879 H. George Progr. & Pov. vii. iv. (1881) 332 The other crowned heads of Europe sit, metaphorically speaking, upon barrels of nitro-glycerine. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 520 Nitro⁓glycerin is applied medicinally..in cases of heart disease. 1898tr. Meyer's Hist. Chem. 568 Nitro-glycerine had been known as a chemical preparation, discovered by Sobrero, for fifteen years before it began to find extended application in 1862, as the results of Nobel's researches.
attrib.1881Times 2 Mar., In 1869 the Nitroglycerine Act was passed. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 958 In nitro⁓glycerine factories the men..do not work on Saturday. |