PLOSIVES  .) The explosive See also:

• CORDITE

cordite is adopted in the See also:

• BRITISH

British service; it derives the name from its See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance as See also:

• CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the string of a musical instrument)

cord in See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short lengths, the See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition being squeezed in a viscous See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state through the hole in a See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die, and the cordite is designated in See also:

• SIZE

size by the number ' of hundredths of an See also:

• INCH (O. Eng. ynce from Lat. uncia, a twelfthpart; cf. " ounce," and see As)

inch in the See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter of the hole . Thus the cordite, size 30, of the range table has been squeezed through a hole 0.30 in. diameter . The thermochemical properties of the constituents of an explosive will assign an upper limit to the See also:

• VOLUME

volume, temperature and pressure of the See also:

• GAS

gas produced by the See also:

• COMBUSTION (from the Lat. comburere, to burn up)

combustion; but much experiment is required in addition . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

Noble has published some of his results in the Phil . Trans., 1905–1906 and following years .