{"id":365,"date":"2025-06-15T21:58:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T21:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/index.php\/2025\/06\/15\/explosive-testing-slide-rules\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T21:58:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T21:58:31","slug":"explosive-testing-slide-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/index.php\/2025\/06\/15\/explosive-testing-slide-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosive Testing Slide Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A pair of slide rules &#8211; one in wood, one in plastic &#8211; used to compare the power of various explosives, tested on a device called a ballistic pendulum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Nobel\u2019s Explosives, Ayrshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2319-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2319-2-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2319-2-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2319-2-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2320-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2320-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2320-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2320-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2320-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2320-1-1840x1380.jpg 1840w, https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2320-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2321-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2321-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2321-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2321-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2321-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2321-1-1840x1380.jpg 1840w, https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2321-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2322-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2322-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2322-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2322-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2322-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2322-1-1840x1380.jpg 1840w, https:\/\/kinetics-online.co.uk\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2322-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of slide rules &#8211; one in wood, one in plastic &#8211; used to compare the power of various explosives, tested on a device called a ballistic pendulum. 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