Cylindrical stick of explosive substitute in brown lightly waxed paper wrapper covered with red squares

Cylindrical stick of explosive substitute in brown lightly

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Cylindrical stick of explosive substitute in brown lightly
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Cylindrical stick of explosive substitute in brown lightly waxed paper wrapper covered with red squares, with red print: ‘P3 PERMITTED EXPLOSIVE P3’; ‘HYDROPRUF’; ‘Alfred Nobel’; Nobel's Explosives Company Trademark; ‘1 7/16 in. GLASGOW 8oz’; ‘NOT MORE IN ANY ONE SHOT’; ‘HOLE THAN 64oz IN A STONE’; ‘DRIFT OR 36oz ELSEWHERE’, by Nobel's Explosives Company Limited, Ardeer, Scotland, 1877-1926

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Category:
Mining & Ore Dressing
Object Number:
1969-556/6
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
type:
explosive substitute