maximite
(ˈmæksɪmaɪt)
[f. the name of Hudson Maxim, the inventor + -ite.]
A smokeless gunpowder composed of gun-cotton, nitro-glycerine, and castor oil.
| 1897 Daily News 9 Feb. 7/4 We call it cordite. For the purposes of the inquiry I propose to call it Maximite. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 5 Mar. 8/2 Mr. Hudson Maxim's new explosive, ‘Maximite’, is claimed to be the highest explosive yet discovered. |