This explosive is 50 per cent more powerful than ordinary dynamite. It is of the consistency of tough elastic paste, and comprises about 7 per cent of nitro-cotton to 93 per cent of nitro-glycerine.

The Greenville Police Department announced K9 Nitro's passing on a social media post. Nitro was an explosive detection dog who retired last month following a cancer diagnosis. The department says ...

These are practical evidences in regard to nitro-glycerin. But, then, we must not omit to consider the efficiency and relative safety of other modern explosives. In California, dynamite ...

Greenville police say K9 Nitro passed away on Wednesday. He was the department’s first explosive detection dog. Nitro retired last month after being diagnosed with cancer, just months shy of his ...

K9 Nitro was an explosive detection dog for the department. It was said that Nitro had an exceptional temperament and was very loving and happy. Nitro had a tireless work ethic and served ...

Nitroglycerin was first used in 1867 to excavate the Hoosac Tunnel in North Adams, Massachusetts. That same year, Swedish physicist Alfred Nobel patented another blasting explosive called dynamite.