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The Blowing Up of the Vanguard Rock at Plymouth on Friday, the 5th November, 1858. Creator: UnknownThe Blowing Up of the Vanguard Rock at Plymouth on Friday, the 5th November - from a sketch by Major Bredin, R.A. 1858. Displacement of '...the rock at the entrance of the Devonport harbour...One
A Journey into the Herzegovina: Fire at a Gunpowder Depot at Grahovo, 1876. Creator: C.RA Journey into the Herzegovina: Fire at a Gunpowder Depot at Grahovo, 1876. ' It is reported from Constantinople that the new Government of Sultan Mourad V. will allow an armistice of six weeks
Holyhead Harbour Works...the Face of the Mountain after the Grand Blasting Operations... 1857. Creator: UnknownHolyhead Harbour Works - View of the Face of the Mountain after the Grand Blasting Operations, Jan. 16, 1857: the Quantity of Quartz Rock Displaced 120, 000 Tons, by a Charge of 16
Jan van Speijk lights the gunpowder fuse, 5 February 1831, (1831-1850). Creator: Jacobus Schoemaker DoyerJan van Speijk lights the gunpowder fuse, 5 February 1831, (1831-1850). Dutch naval lieutenant commander with the United Netherlands Navy who became a hero in the Netherlands for his opposition to
Destruction of the Docks, Sebastopol - from a sketch by J. A. Crowe, 1856. Creator: J. A. CroweDestruction of the Docks, Sebastopol - from a sketch by J. A. Crowe, 1856. Crimean War. 'It was the intention of our engineers to blow in a portion of the English half of the docks...the charges
Chinese Infernal Machines, 1857. Creator: UnknownChinese Infernal Machines, 1857. '...floated down at night with the view to blow the ship [H.M.S. Encounter] up...a sampan
Results of the Great Blasting Operation at Holyhead, North Wales, 1856. Creator: UnknownResults of the Great Blasting Operation at Holyhead, North Wales, 1856. Building a new harbour and breakwater. '...in the lower quarries of the mountain a most stupendous
Sébastopol, 19th century. Creator: Honore DaumierSebastopol, 19th century
'La surveillance de la mer; Les Allemands ont deja seme, dans la mer du Nord, des mines', 1914''La surveillance de la mer; Les Allemands ont deja seme, dans la mer du Nord, des mines flottants fort dangereuses pour le securite des transports', 1914
'Blowing Up the Cashmere Gate', (1902). Creator: Unknown'Blowing Up the Cashmere Gate', (1902). Scene from the Great Sepoy Rebellion (also known as the Indian Mutiny), 14 September 1857
Reconnoitring at Cronstadt, 1854. Creator: UnknownReconnoitring at Cronstadt, 1854. Crimean War. 'Fort Peter I.; Fort Alexander; Fort Menschikoff; "Bulldog"; "Phlegethon"
The Great Explosion at Seaford - the Explosion - Cliff Falling, 1850. Creator: UnknownThe Great Explosion at Seaford - the Explosion - Cliff Falling, 1850. Long shore drift at Seaford in Sussex was causing deposition of debris to such an extent that Seaford Bay
The Great Explosion at Seaford - the Cliff, after the Explosion, 1850. Creator: UnknownThe Great Explosion at Seaford - the Cliff, after the Explosion, 1850. Long shore drift at Seaford in Sussex was causing deposition of debris to such an extent that Seaford Bay
The Great Explosion at Seaford - Seaford Bay and Cliff, 1850. Creator: UnknownThe Great Explosion at Seaford - Seaford Bay and Cliff, 1850. Long shore drift at Seaford in Sussex was causing deposition of debris to such an extent that Seaford Bay
In mid air A wonderful blast in building railroad to Deadwood, 1890. Creator: John C. H. GrabillIn mid air A wonderful blast in building railroad to Deadwood, 1890. Black cloud from explosive blast on side of mountain
Blasting the Granite Rock, 1857. Creator: UnknownBlasting the Granite Rock, 1857. 'One of the vast natural depots is the granite quarries at Rubislaw (pronounced Robsley)
Supposed case of a steamer pursued by an enemy, 1844. Creator: UnknownSupposed case of a steamer pursued by an enemy, 1844. Testing explosives designed by Captain Warner, demonstrating:the effect produced by a line-of-battle ship following in her wake
Novel experiments in warfare - hut destroyed by a shell, 1844. Creator: UnknownNovel experiments in warfare - hut destroyed by a shell, 1844. Display of explosives in the grounds of Mulgrave House, Fulham [in west London]
Novel experiments in warfare - shower of hand-rockets, 1844. Creator: UnknownNovel experiments in warfare - shower of hand-rockets, 1844. Spectators at a...series of experiments...in the grounds of Mulgrave House
Leger. Joseph. 16 ans, ne a Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhone). Jardinier. Fabrication d engins explosifs. 4/7/94. 1894
View of the Tunnel of the Harlem Railroad, ca. 1837. Creator: Nicolino CalyoView of the Tunnel of the Harlem Railroad, ca.1837
An H. E. shell exploding, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: UnknownAn H.E. shell exploding, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Battlefield scene, capturing the blast from a high-explosive shell on the front line. From " The Pageant of the Century"
Entrance to a Sap along the French Front, First World War, 1915, (c1920). Creator: UnknownEntrance to a Sap along the French Front, First World War, 1915, (c1920). The mine subsequently exploded in this sap killed a great number of Germans
Rope Screen Used For Protection While Pressing Explosive Gun-Cotton, 1901. Creator: UnknownThis Rope Screen Is Used For Protection While Pressing The Explosive Gun-Cotton At The Cordite Works, 1901. From " The Harmsworth Magazine, Volume VI
Taking a submarine mine out of stores, 1914. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War - 1914, Vol. I.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1914]
Fitting up an Electric Contact Mine, 1914. A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines
Filling a shell with nitro-glycerine, oil field in Pennsylvania, USA, early 20th century(?). Preparatory to shooting the well. Stereoscopic card. Detail
Using gunpowder in a stone quarry, 1867. Quarry worker tamping down a gunpowder charge before setting and lighting a fuse to blast away a section of rock
Colonel Vivian Dering Majendie, Chief Inspector of Explosives, 1892. Artist: SpyColonel Vivian Dering Majendie, Chief Inspector of Explosives, 1892. Majendie (1836-1898), British soldier, served with the Royal Artillery at Sebastopol during the Crimean War and at Lucknow
Christian Friedrich Schonbein, German chemist, c1898. Schonbein (1799-1869) began his investigation of ozone in 1839. He worked on nitrocellulose and produced gunoctton for use in firearms in 1846
Preparing and setting a Dynamite charge, Paris, 1890. From La Science Illustree
Cartridge from Nobel Explosives Company Limited, Ardeer, Ayrshire, 1884. Cartridge packed with Dynamite made at the factory. From The Illustrated London News, 16 April 1884
Workers at Nobel Explosives Company Limited, Ardeer, Ayrshire, 1884. Top: Mixing house, with women rubbing Dynamite. Bottom: Woman filling cartridges with Dynamite using a filling machine
Berthold Schwart, 14th century German Franciscan monk and alchemist, 1901. Schwart (fl 1320) is supposed to be the first European to discover gunpowder. Illustration from Le Petit Journal, Paris, 1901
Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and inventor. In 1866 Swedish chemist and industrialist Nobel (1833-1896) invented a safe and manageable form of nitroglycerine he called dynamite
Death. Allegorical print of war after the German painter and engraver Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). In front of a baggage wagon loaded with sappers tools including barrels of explosives
Siege warfare, c1800. The normal method of applying a petard (explosive device) to the gate of a fortress. The fuse has just been lit
Charles Babbages proposed design for a diving bell, 1855. English mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage designed this diving bell to be used by divers placing charges to blow up wrecks
Frederick Augustus Abel (1827-1902). English chemist and inventor, 1893Frederick Augustus Abel (1827-1902), English chemist and inventor, 1893. Together with James Dewar, Abel invented the explosive cordite. He also devised a new method for manufacturing gun-cotton
The Dynamite Skunk, 1884. Artist: Joseph SwainThe Dynamite Skunk, 1884. John Bull shouts across the water at America. There had been a number of explosions in London in recent months
Alfred Berhard Nobel, c1880sAlfred Bernhard Nobel, c1880s. In 1866 Swedish chemist and industrialist Nobel invented a safe and manageable form of nitroglycerin he called dynamite