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It is stated to be an odourless, unfreezable oil, less sensitive to percussion, friction, and increase of temperature, and to possess a greater solvent power for collodion-cotton than ordinary nitro-glycerine.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)