Explosive Testing Slide Rules
A pair of slide rules – one in wood, one in plastic – used to compare the power of various explosives, tested on a device called a ballistic pendulum. From Nobel’s Explosives, Ayrshire.
Tag: explosives
Cordite Press Chalk Board
A chalk board from one of the cordite pressing houses at the ICI Nobel factory at Ardeer, in Ayrshire.
Gunpowder Box
A wooden box for carrying gunpowder from Nobel’s Explosives, Ardeer.
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.
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.
Mining Drill
A twist drill, about 5 feet long, used to drill holes for explosives in mining.
Nobel’s Explosives Safety Sign
A battered and faded safety sign from the Nobel’s Explosives factory at Ardeer, Ayrshire.