The Manufacture of Explosives - A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the History, the Physical and Chemical Properties and the Manufacture of Explosives #228249

Whilst this book was being written, a series of anarchist outrages in various parts of Europe led many Governments to seriously consider the necessity of Special legislation to prevent their recurrence. I therefore had also to consider whether the publication of a new book on explosives might not at the time be ill-advised; but the more I thought the matter over, the clearer it became to me that delay was quite unnecessary.