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1 A A Footnote In History, 31, 35 Acetone Acetone Recovery Stove, 143, 153, 155, , , 440 Acetone Recovery Stove At Ardeer, 168 Acetone Recovery Towers, 163 Rintoul Acetone Recovery Plant, 170 Robertson And Rintoul., 163 Sodium Bisulphite, 163 Acid Recovery Acid Plant Recovery And Manufacture:, 174 Egg, Acid Elevation., 179 Jiggens, James Joseph, Acid Plant, 183 Admiralty, , 367, 405, 407 Aerial Photographs, America, 6, 8, 10, 17, 26, 30, 45, 295, 474, Anderson Dr. V. Anderson., 33 E. Anderson, Archives (ardeer), 513 Ardeer, 25, 34, 38, Arms And The Wizard, 42, 54, 430 Army And Navy Royal Ordnance, 43 Arsenal, 18, 33, 393, 406, 408, 491 B Baker, James Edward, 147 Ballistite Patent, Bertold Schwartz, 10 Blasting Gelignite Patent, 263 Board Of Ordnance, 43 Bowl, Aussig, Acid Plant, 177 British Explosives Syndicate Bes Design And Layout Of Factory, 78 Bes Factory Layout & Activity, 105 Bes Why Was An Explosives Factory Needed In Pitsea, 38 Building Numbers Located At The British Explosives Syndicate, 143, 436 Here Is A List Of All The People Who Have Featured, 431 How An Explosion In Ardeer Was To Affect Pitsea, 72 Syndicate (bes), 39, 70, 76, 199, 257, , 329, 436 Brow Shed, 381 Building The Blast Walls, C Caernarfon, 24, , 510 i

2 Cartridge Huts, 72, 120, 129, 133, 135, 139, 142, 210, 240, 317, 441, 443 Cartridges, 53, 135, , 215, 240, 304, 317, 329, 425, , 494, 513 Centralite, 161 Chilworth Gunpowder, 271, 297, 331 Collodion, 21, Compounds & Mixtures, 12 Compounds And Mixtures, 8, 12 Cordite Blending Of Cordite, 171 Cordite Case, 36 Cordite Patent, 33 Cordite Propellants, Types, 159 Cordite Ring, 37, 39 Cordite Scandal, 40 Cordite, Image, 158 Drying Of Cordite And Acetone Recovery:, 162 Spooling Machine, 143, 155 Cordite Manufacture Cordite Extrusion, 152, 442 Cordite Main Range, 145, 157, 229, 244 Cordite Ovens, 168, 266 Cordite Press, , 245, 266 Corn Laws, 62 Cotton Powder Company, 35, 263, 455 Crown, 406 Curtis And Harvey, 35, 264, 386, 455 Cuthbert, 50, 52 Cwm Y Glo Explosion, E Explosions EIDAS Database, 341 Explosion 1901, 340 Explosion 1913, 311 Bowell Thomas 1913 Explosion, 315 Harrison Frank 1913 Explosion, 315 Little, Robert, 1913 Explosion, 315 Mcdade John 1913 Explosion, 315 Explosion 1916, 337 Osborn, William Alfred, 1916 Explosion, 339 Sayers, Phillip James, 1916 Explosion, 339 Sweeting, 1916 Explosion, 339 Explosives Act 1875, 23, 26-27, 30, 32, 44, 46, 54, 101, 120, 222, 510 F Falkirk Council Cultural Services, 485 Faversham, 20, 263, 471 France, 6, 9-10, 18, 40, 295, 349 Frederick Abel, 18, 20, 32, 54 D Danger Area, 75, 91-92, 103, 129, 131, 143 Deeds, 344 Dewar, 32-34, Director Of Artillery, 32, 39 Downey, 53 Downie, John, 25 Dynamite, 8, 17-18, 21, 23-30, 32, 34, 37-39, 46-48, 50-54, 59, 119, 121, 129, 134, , 147, , 195, 200, 213, 215, 223, 228, , 249, 263, 269, 277, , 340, , 505, 510, 513 Dynamite Ring, 34, 37-39, 263, 269 Dynamite:, 17 G George Mcroberts McRoberts, 5-7, 25, 35, 44-47, 52-60, 62, 72-74, 94-95, 113, , 225, 228, 263, 270, 317, , 435, , McRoberts A Biography, 58 McRoberts Incorporator, Photo Of George & Jane McRoberts, 55 Glycerine, 1, 11-12, 16, 19-20, 26, 104, , 119, 122, 174, 211, 231, , 241, , , 338, , 473, Gog & Magog, 393 Government Filling Establishment, 143 Guncotton Gun-cotton, , 206, 208, 245, , ii

3 , , , , 332 Guncotton Drying Stoves, 205 Guncotton Drying Stoves,list Of Explosions In,, 340 Nitrogen Content Of Guncotton, 200 Solubility Of Guncotton, 21 Guncotton, Bringing by Sea To Pitsea, 48 Gunpowder, 2, 6, 8, 10-11, 13, 18, 21, 24, 28, 30, 36, 43, 52, 159, 263, 271, 295, , , 311, , 331, 412, 491, 503 H Hanbury, 40 Heat Test, 34, 214, 337 Heidemann, 513 Holehaven Floating Magazine, 48, Home Secretary, 26, 405, 510 House Of Lords, 27 How Long Would It Take To Build The Earthworks For The Danger Area?, 75, 92 I Infringement, 34 Inspector Of Explosives, 72, 74, 147, 219, 311, 327 J Jane Mcroberts, 56, 485 Jiggens, James Joseph, Death Of,, 183 John Taylor, 513 Journal Of The Society Of Chemical Industry, 60, 147 K Kieselghur, 18 Kynoch Ltd, 35, 498 L Laboratory Chemists At BES, 184, 211 Legal Documents:, Licence To Manufacture, 26, 510 Lithofracteur, 46 Lloyd George, 42-43, 54, 292, , 430, 512 Lord Cranbrook, 27 Lord Salisbury, 27 M Majendie, 219 Manufacture Of Nitroglycerine, 5, 16, 59, 104, , , 263, 269 Maps, 66, 69, 78-88, 335, , 400, Marsh & Wood, 22 Maugham, 505 Mauser, 298 Mauthausen, 425 Maxim, 32-33, 35, 39, 301 Maximite, 35 Mayhave, 289 Mcalpine, 502 Mccarthy, 30 Mcclure, 30 Mcdade, 264, 315, 433, Mcdougall, 498 Mcdowel, 433 Mcgowan, 49 Mcjanet, 433 Mcjaunet, 433 Mckechnie, 211, 433 Mckenna, 405 Mclaren, 485 Mclauren, 121 iii

4 Mclaurin, 473 Mcmahon, 367 Mercury Fulminate, 13 Mineral Jelly, 161, 167, 241 Ministry Of Munitions, 42, 54, 101, 103, 338, 341, 404, 406, 430, 491, Mixing And Compounding The Explosive Mixtures:, 129 Mixing House, 129, 143, 146, , Mrs Gladdiing (Gladyn) Interview, 486 Munitions Badges, N National Explosives Company, 35, 263, 267, 455 New Explosives Co. Ltd, 300 Nitrated Cotton, 18, 21, 73, 104, 129, 146, 170, , 212, , Nitric Acid, 174 Nitrocellulose, 20, 34, 159, 161, 255, 303, 498 Nitrocotton, 18, 34, 129, 248, 266, Nitroglycerine, 5, 8, 10-21, 23-24, 26, 34-36, 44-48, 50, 52-53, 59, 73, 75, 80, 83, 89, 92, 94-96, , , , , 127, , , , , 152, 159, 161, 167, 170, 174, 177, , 188, 191, , , 218, 225, 231, , 244, 263, , , 330, , , , , 476, 489, , , Nitroglycerine Act 1869, 23, 26, 510 Nitroglycerine Nitrator, 116 Nitroglycerine, Chemical Formula, 19 Nobel Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Biography, 9 Nobel's Explosives Ltd, O Open Fronted Sheds, 343, 390, 444 P Parnell, 27 Patents Patent No 11,664, Abel & Dewar, 40 Patent No 11,667 Abel & Dewar, 40 Patent No 18,663 Maxim, 35 Patent No 2359 Nobel, 17 Patent No 4179 Blasting Gelatine, 53 Patent No 4477 Maxim, 35 Patent No 5614 Cordite, 33, 40 Patent No 8718 Abel & Dewar, 40 Payne, Jessie Local Historian, 98 Pelouse, 18 Pill Boxes, 384 Pitsea Powder Under Question:, , 472 Plotlands, 67 Political And Industrial Background To The, Potassium Carbonate, 21 Press/extruder, 143 Problems For Independent Manufacturers:, 37 R References To Explosives In The Thames Area, 294, 305 Regulating Transportation Of Hazardous Substances: Railroads And Reform, 30 Regulations, 103 Royal Assent, 27 Royal Society, 59-60, 404, 426 S Saltpetre, 11, 18 Scheele, Carl Wilhelm., 16 Sea Transport Depot Pitsea Managers & Staff, 367 Search Huts, 210 Secretary Of State, 33, 39-40, 43, 74, 120 Select Committee, 17, 22, 30, 53 iv

5 Service Boxes, 134 Shareholders, , 269, , , Sir William Harcourt, 27 Sobrero, Ascanio, 10 Society Of Chemical Industry, 60, 147 St Petersburg, 9 Stowmarket, 20, 33-34, 298 Stowmarket Guncotton Works, 33 Z Z Mixing House, 143 T Terrorism, 28 Testing & Quality Control, 142, 171, 206, 213, 215, 238, 337 The British Dynamite Company, 25 Tipper, 337 Tithes & Apportionment, 63 V Vaseline, 34, 152 W Wages, 35, 62-63, 75, 93, 98, 142, 154, 285, , 366, , 453, 456, , 464, 511 Wages And The Influence Of The Trade Unions And The Munitions Of War Act, 449 Waltham Abbey Works, 20 Warrington, 500 Werner And Pfleiderer, Westquarter Chemicals, 52 What Was The Situation After Wwi That Caused The British Explosives Syndicate, v