ballistite
(ˈbælɪstaɪt)
[f. ballista + -ite1.]
A smokeless powder invented by A. Nobel, consisting of gun-cotton and nitroglycerine in about equal parts.
| 1892 Arms & Explosives Oct. 11/1 The new explosive ‘Ballistite’, which the Italian War Office has lately been experimenting with. 1895 O. Guttmann Manuf. Explosives II. 254 Nobel's ballistite, which has soluble gun-cotton as its base. 1912 J. M. Ingalls Interior Ballistics (ed. 3) 140 The ballistite..was in the form of cubes 0·3 of an inch on a side. |