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The Stowmarket Guncotton Explosion happened on 11 August 1871 at the Prentices Guncotton Factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk. It was blown up by two massive...12 KB (1,287 words) - 09:09, 20 January 2025
1891 Stowmarket Guncotton Explosion Stowmarket High School Stowmarket railway station Stowmarket Town F.C. Church of St Peter and St Mary, Stowmarket Ipswich...29 KB (2,379 words) - 01:14, 5 March 2025- The Stowmarket Guncotton Company was an explosives company established in the 19th century by Messrs Prentice that operated a gun-cotton factory in Stowmarket...7 KB (676 words) - 13:20, 24 May 2024
damage. August 11, 1871: Stowmarket Guncotton Explosion. Stowmarket, United Kingdom. During manufacture of guncotton, two explosions killed 28 and injured...86 KB (9,637 words) - 15:28, 5 March 2025
Nitrocellulose (redirect from Guncotton)Nitrocellulose (also known as cellulose nitrate, flash paper, flash cotton, guncotton, pyroxylin and flash string, depending on form) is a highly flammable...49 KB (5,718 words) - 23:19, 13 March 2025
Smokeless powder (section Nitroglycerine and guncotton)second Austrian guncotton factory exploded. After the Stowmarket factory exploded in 1871, Waltham Abbey began production of guncotton for torpedo and...40 KB (5,014 words) - 01:07, 14 March 2025- Prentice Brothers Limited (redirect from Stowmarket Chemical Works)prominent in Stowmarket at the time and operated a number of other businesses including a gasworks, corn and coal merchants, maltsters and a Guncotton Company...5 KB (421 words) - 22:11, 10 December 2023
second Austrian guncotton factory exploded. After the Stowmarket factory exploded in 1871, Waltham Abbey began production of guncotton for torpedo and...65 KB (8,582 words) - 08:34, 9 March 2025- working day; employers capitulate after 14 weeks. 11 August – Stowmarket Guncotton Explosion kills 28. 17 August – Regulation of the Forces Act centralises...14 KB (1,504 words) - 07:39, 15 February 2025
propellant in 1889. It consists of (by weight) 58% nitroglycerin, 37% guncotton (nitrocellulose) and 5% petroleum jelly. Using acetone as a solvent, it...29 KB (3,478 words) - 20:55, 8 February 2025
led the enquiry into the Stowmarket Guncotton Explosion. As a major in the Royal Artillery Majendie investigated an explosion on 2 October 1874 in the...7 KB (644 words) - 09:21, 1 January 2025- accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren. 1871 – An explosion of guncotton occurs in Stowmarket, England, killing 28. 1898 – Spanish–American War: American...46 KB (4,691 words) - 06:58, 21 January 2025
average of 34 communicants.[citation needed] 1871 An explosion at the guncotton works at Stowmarket blew out much of the church's 15th century glass. 1885–1886...9 KB (1,276 words) - 19:01, 18 February 2025
- effectiveness of firing, augmenting as experience increased. As 1 pound of guncotton costs as much as 3 pounds of gunpowder, these quantities were compared