Nitro-explosives: A Practical Treatise Concerning the Properties, Manufacture, and Analysis of Nitrated Substances, Including the Fulminates, Smokeless Powders, and CelluloidD. Van Nostrand Company, 1896 - 372 pages |
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Nitro-explosives: A Practical Treatise Concerning the Properties ... Percy Gerald Sanford Affichage du livre entier - 1906 |
Nitro-explosives: A Practical Treatise Concerning the Properties ... Percy Gerald Sanford Affichage du livre entier - 1906 |
Nitro-explosives: A Practical Treatise Concerning the Properties ... Percy Gerald Sanford Affichage du livre entier - 1896 |
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