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picric acid
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picric acid /pic·ric ac·id/ (-rik) trinitrophenol.
pic·ric acid (pkrk)
n.
A poisonous, explosive, yellow, crystalline acid used as an application in burns, eczema, erysipelas, and pruritus and in the manufacture of dyes and explosives.

picric acid
a substance used as dye, tissue fixative, antiseptic, astringent and stimulant of epithelialization; it can be detonated on percussion or by heating above 570°F (300°C). Called also trinitrophenol.

picric acid
2,4,6 Trinitrophenol Occupational medicine A strong–pK 1.0 acid once used as a dye, an antiseptic, and fixative; when dry, it is explosive, and used in manufacturing explosives and rocket fuels; occupational exposure results in a yellowish skin


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Here is how the Zionists should work, Herzl explained, if they "were obliged to clear a country of wild beastsC*" "We should not take spear and lance," he emphasizes, "and go out singly in pursuit of bears; we should organize a large and lively hunting party, drive the animals together, and throw a melinite bomb into their midst.
To get rid of the indigenous people of his Jewish State, Herzl favored stealth and deception (the Diaries, June 12 1895): Supposing, for example, we were obliged to clear a country of wild beasts, we should organize a large and lively hunting party, drive the animals together and throw a melinite bomb [bursting charge for shells] into their midst.
35) Aube's work with torpedoes and torpedo boats is his best-known innovation, but he also initiated a number of other projects, such as experiments with oil fuel and the initial Navy trials of the high-explosive melinite shell, which had been adopted in the French Army for bombardments and which Aube proposed to use against battleships and Italian cities.
 
 
 
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