Gunpowder Box
A wooden box for carrying gunpowder from Nobel’s Explosives, Ardeer.
Category: Explosives
ICI Nobel Magnadet Exploder
A Magnadet Exploder from Nobel’s Explosives Co. Ltd.
Nobel Detonator Tool
An explosives multi-tool from Nobel’s Explosives, with tools for cutting wire, crimping detonators, and poking a hole in the dynamite for the detonator.
Nobel’s Plastic Test Plate
A plastic explosive test plate from Nobel’s Explosives in Ayrshire.
Explosive Sintered Titanium
A sample of explosive-sintered titanium from Nobel’s Explosives, Ayrshire. Titanium powder was placed in a container, wrapped with explosive cord, and detonated. The shock wave compressed the powder into a solid.
Shaped Charge Explosive Display
A wooden model shaped-charge explosive, and a steel plate pierced by a similar (real) charge, both from Nobel’s Explosives.