AUSTRALIAN DIATOMITE
SUITABLE POR MAKING DYNAMITE./ ' ... (Received May 6, 8.30 a.m.) v LONDON, sth May. • The Imperial Institute has examined samples of Australian diatpmite. The report states that the samples from Victoria and New South Wales are most promising in quality for the manufacture of dynamite, especially those from Lillimur, Victoria (305 miles from Mel-, bourne, on the railway to Adelaide).
[Diatomite, or Kieselguhr, as.it is more generally called, is an earthy substance composed of the skeletonal. remains of multitudes of the microscopic organisms known as diatoms. , It is extremely absorbent, and is used in enormous quantities in the manufacture of dynamite. This well-known explosive consists simply of Kieselguhr saturated with nitro-glycerine. This explosive iu its fluid state is extremely sensitive and dangerous to handle and use, but when held firmly by .the-absorbent Kieselguhr into a solid mass sail be handled with comparative safety, and yet does not lose much of its explosive power.]
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 107, 6 May 1916, Page 5
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