High Explosives

High Explosives was published posthumously in 1912 and remains a vital historical document detailing the development manufacture and safety engineering of industrial and military explosive compounds. The book was compiled as a comprehensive guide based on Quinan’s decades of field research and management. It focuses extensively on:Chemical Compositions: A deep dive into the chemical reactions and stability of early compounds like gunpowder nitroglycerin and dynamite. Industrial Safety: Outlining ground-breaking methods to isolate and transport raw ingredients to prevent catastrophic factory accidents. : Detailing how high explosives revolutionized the mining industry (especially gold mining) and their structural usage in civil construction and late-19th-century warfare.