kieselguhr
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kieselguhr
1870–75; < German, equivalent to Kiesel flint + Gu ( h ) r earthy deposit
Example Sentences
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The breakthrough came when he mixed nitroglycerin with the inert mineral powder kieselguhr, creating the much more stable dynamite.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2014
The use of arsenious oxide dissolved in a strong acid, and the solution absorbed in pumice or kieselguhr has been protected by G. F. Jaubert.
From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by Leeds, F. H. (Frank Henley)
Among the porous substances used is kieselguhr, a silicious earth which consists chiefly of the skeletons of various species of diatoms.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)
This was first done by the famous Nobel, who mixed it with a fine earth known as kieselguhr, whereby its sensitiveness was much decreased.
From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.
Ordinary dynamite consists of a mixture of 75 per cent. of nitro-glycerine and 25 per cent. of kieselguhr.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)
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