Brass Detonator Tool
A brass poking tool, used to make a hole in dynamite for a detonator, marked ICI.
Tag: explosives
Perspex Detonator Test Block
A Perspex cube shattered by an electrical explosive detonator, to study shock wave patterns. From the testing labs at Nobel Explosives, Ardeer.
Dummy Plaster Gelignite Packet
A dummy demonstration packet of Plaster Gelignite from Nobel’s Explosives, Ayrshire, made from clay. Printing very faint, enhanced below.
ICI Hard Hat
A plastic hard hat from ICI Nobel Explosives, Ardeer.
Danger Firing In Progress Sign
An engraved plastic sign from the testing laboratories at Nobel’s Explosives, Ardeer.
Power Cable Explosive Sample
A sample from Nobel’s Explosives, of an underwater electrical power cable, cut by shaped-charge explosive.
Nobel Explosives Shotgun Powder Container
A cardboard container for No.62 Shotgun Powder from ICI Nobel’s Explosives Company in Ayrshire.
Nobel Smokeless Powder Tin
A tin for smokeless gunpowder from Nobel’s Explosives.
Shot Firing Tools
A pair of shot firing tools – a scraper for clearing out the blasting hole, and a tamper for pressing in the dynamite charge, with a brass tip to prevent sparks.
Nobel Explosives Gauge
A copper plate with three measurements, from Nobel’s Explosives in Ardeer – perhaps used for measuring explosive charges. Early 20th Century.
Nitroglycerine Sample Box
A padded box for carrying nitroglycerine samples, from Nobel’s Explosives, Ardeer.