Emmensite | 0.429 | 77.86 | Amide powder | 0.385 | 69.87 | Oxonite | 0.383 | 69.51 | Tonite | 0.376 | 68.24 | G.C. 52.5%, and | | | Ba(NO_{3})_{2}, 47.5% Bellite | 0.362 | 65.70 | Rack-a-rock | 0.340 | 61.71 | Atlas powder | 0.333 | 60.43 | Ammonia dynamite | 0.332 | 60.25 | Volney’s powder No. 1 | 0.322 | 58.44 | Nitrated naphthalene. " No. 2 | 0.294 | 53.18 | " " Melinite | 0.280 | 50.82 | Picric acid 70%, and | | | sol. nitro-cotton 30%.  Silver fulminate | 0.277 | 50.27 | Mercury | 0.275 | 49.91 | Mortar powder | 0.155 | 28.13 | _________________________|_____________|___________|________
______________

Composition of some of the Explosives in Common Use.

Ordinary Dynamite.

Nitro-Glycerine 75 per cent. 
Kieselguhr 25 "

Amvis.

Nitrate of Ammonia 90 per cent. 
Chloro-di-nitro Benzene 5 "
Wood Pulp 5 "

Ammonia Nitrate Powder.

Nitrate of Ammonia 80 per cent. 
Chlorate of Potash 5 "
Nitro-Glucose 10 "
Coal Tar 5 "

Celtite.

Nitro-Glycerine 56-59 parts. 
Nitro-Cotton 2-3.5 "
KNO_{3} 17-21 "
Wood Meal 8-9 "
Ammonium Oxalate 11-13 "
Moisture 0.5-1.5 "

Atlas Powders.

Sodium Nitrate 2.0 per cent. 
Nitro-Glycerine 75.0 "
Wood Pulp 21.0 "
Magnesium Carbonate 2.0 "

Dauline.

Nitro-Glycerine 50 per cent. 
Sawdust 30 "
Nitrate of Potash 20 "

Vulcan Powder.

Nitro-Glycerine 30 per cent. 
Nitrate of Soda 52.5 "
Sulphur 7.0 "
Charcoal 10.5 "

Vigorite.

Nitro-Glycerine 30 per cent. 
Nitrate of Soda 60 "
Charcoal 5 "
Sawdust 5 "

Rendrock.

Nitrate of Potash 40 per cent. 
Nitro-Glycerine 40 "
Wood Pulp 13 "
Paraffin or Pitch 7 "

Ammonia Nitrate Powder.

Ammonia Nitrate 80 per cent. 
Potassium Chlorate 5 "
Nitro-Glucose 10 "
Coal Tar 5 "

Hercules Powders.

Nitro-Glycerine 75 to 40 per cent. 
Sugar 1 " 15.66 "
Chlorate of Potash 1.05 " 3.34 "
Nitrate of Potash 2.10 " 31.00 "
Carbonate of Magnesia 20.85 " 10.00 "