westfaliten.

Brit.

/ˈwɛstfəlʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈwɛstfəˌlaɪt/

Forms: 1800s– westfalit, 1800s– westphalite, 1900s– westfalite.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Westfalit.

Etymology: < German Westfalit (1893) < Westfal- (in Westfalisch Westphalian, in the name of the original manufacturing company, Westfalische Anhaltische Sprengstoff A.G. , originally of Coswig, near Dresden) + -it -ite suffix¹. Compare French westphalite (1893).

Now historical and rare.

Any of several related mining explosives having ammonium nitrate as the principal ingredient.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > explosive material > [noun] > other specific explosives

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1894 Mining 2 290/1 The general opinion expressed after the conclusion of the experiments was that Westphalite..proved to be decidedly the safest explosive for mining purposes.

1905 C. M. Percy et al. Mech. Equipm. Collieries Advt. following p. 718 Westfalite does not give off noxious gases when fired.

1911 R. B. Brinsmade Mining without Timber i. 16 Westfalit, No. 1.

1918 H. D. Trounce Fighting Boche Underground iv. 59 The sappers reached a mine charge of about 4,000 pounds of westphalite, one of the various German high explosives.

2006 R. Meyer et al. Explosives (ed. 6) 366 The following list gives an overview of all German permitted explosives:..Westfalit C..Westfalit D [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	westfalite
释义	westfaliten. Brit. /ˈwɛstfəlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈwɛstfəˌlaɪt/ Forms: 1800s– westfalit, 1800s– westphalite, 1900s– westfalite. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Westfalit. Etymology: < German Westfalit (1893) < Westfal- (in Westfalisch Westphalian, in the name of the original manufacturing company, Westfalische Anhaltische Sprengstoff A.G. , originally of Coswig, near Dresden) + -it -ite suffix¹. Compare French westphalite (1893). Now historical and rare. Any of several related mining explosives having ammonium nitrate as the principal ingredient. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > explosive material > [noun] > other specific explosives powdera1393 gunpowder1411 saltpetre1501 petre1586 halinitre1608 sal-prunella1664 petre-salt1708 xyloidin1838 gun-cotton1846 pyroxyle1847 pyroxylin1847 pyroglycerin1850 xylidine1850 nitroglycerine1852 gun-sawdust1853 picrate1854 trinitroglycerin1864 nitroleum1866 trinitrin1866 dynamite1867 giant-powder1872 dualin1874 fulgurite1874 rendrock1874 glyoxilin1875 lithofracteur1875 trinitro-cellulose1875 white gunpowder1875 gelatin1878 cotton-powder1879 vigorite1879 blasting gelatine1881 Hercules powder1881 saxifragine1881 tonite1881 dynamogen1882 forcite1883 haloxylin1883 jelly powdera1884 nitro-gelatinea1884 panclastite1883 potentite1883 sebastinea1884 kolloxylin1884 hellhoffite1885 rackarock1885 securite1886 kinetite1887 roburite1887 carbo-dynamite1888 fortis1889 gelatine dynamite1889 gelignite1889 seranine1889 straw-dynamite1889 carbonite1890 amberite1891 nitro powder1892 Schnebelite1893 westfalite1894 thorite1899 soup1902 ammonal1903 cheddite1908 trinitrotoluene1908 Samsonite1909 tolite1909 trinitrotoluol1910 trotyl1910 glyceryl trinitrate1912 T.N.T.1915 nitro1916 amatol1918 cyclonite1923 hexogen1923 lox1923 pentaerythritol tetranitrate1923 hexite1931 aurantia1940 jelly1941 RDX1941 1894 Mining 2 290/1 The general opinion expressed after the conclusion of the experiments was that Westphalite..proved to be decidedly the safest explosive for mining purposes. 1905 C. M. Percy et al. Mech. Equipm. Collieries Advt. following p. 718 Westfalite does not give off noxious gases when fired. 1911 R. B. Brinsmade Mining without Timber i. 16 Westfalit, No. 1. 1918 H. D. Trounce Fighting Boche Underground iv. 59 The sappers reached a mine charge of about 4,000 pounds of westphalite, one of the various German high explosives. 2006 R. Meyer et al. Explosives (ed. 6) 366 The following list gives an overview of all German permitted explosives:..Westfalit C..Westfalit D [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1894
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