dynamogen
(daɪn-, dɪˈnæməʊdʒɪn)
[mod. f. dynamo- + -gen taken in sense of ‘producing’, ‘producer’.]
Nitromagnite; a high explosive (for which the name ‘dynamagnite’ was first proposed), consisting of a mixture of nitro-glycerine and prepared hydrocarbonate of magnesia. Known in U.S. as ‘Hercules powder’.
| 1882 Daily News 30 May 6/2 A new explosive has been invented by M. Petri, a Viennese engineer. The name given to it is dynamogen..The charge of dynamogen is in the form of a solid cylinder. |