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Cordite is a
family of
smokeless propellants developed and
produced in
Britain since 1889 to
replace black powder as a
military firearm propellant. Like...
- Martini–Henry
service rifle,
originally loaded with
blackpowder but
later used
cordite propellant. The
various rifle cartridges fired a 480 gr (31 g)
bullet made...
- The
Royal Naval Cordite Factory,
Holton Heath (RNCF) was set up at
Holton Heath, Dorset, England, in
World War I to
manufacture cordite for the
Royal Navy...
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Cordites is a
genus of
longhorn beetles of the
subfamily Lamiinae,
containing the
following species:
Cordites armillata (Thomson, 1868)
Cordites pubescens...
- powder. All
subsequent .455
designs used
cordite propellant. In 1894 some Mark I
cartridges were
loaded with
cordite (identified by a case
cannelure and "C"...
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Cordite was very
sensitive to
variations of temperature, and acid propagation/
cordite deterioration would take
place at a very
rapid rate.
Cordite MD...
- Navy had its own
factory at the
Royal Navy
Cordite Factory,
Holton Heath, in Dorset, England. A
large cordite factory was also
built in
Canada during World...
- heritage-listed
military installation and
former munitions factory at
Cordite Avenue, Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia. It was
added to the Australian...
- Ballistite,
Cordite, and Rifleite.
Ballistite was a stick-type
smokeless powder composed of
soluble nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine.
Cordite was a stick-type...
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confidence in the
Rosebery ministry of 21 June 1895, also
known as the
Cordite vote, was the
occasion on
which the
Liberal Government of the Earl of Rosebery...
