LITERATURE. The great interest, in military circles concerning explosives has led to time pub lication of a periodical in London entitled Arms and Explosives. The Bureau Of Ordnance of the United States War Department issues, at in tervals. Notes on the Construction of Ordnance, which contains the latest information on ex plosives, and Charles E. Munroe has published for many years a series of "Notes on the Litera ture of Explosives," in the Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute. The monographs of the leading experts, such as Abel of England, Berthelot of France, Munroe of the United States, and Von Lenck of Austria. should be consulted, in addition to which see the following, which are among the latest books on the subject: Cundill, A Dictionary of Explosives (revised ed. by J. H. Thompson, London, 1895) ; Guttmann, Blasting: Handbook for the Use of Engineers and Others Engaging in Hining, neling, Quarrying, rte. (Philadelphia, 1892) ;
Bertladlet. 1:17)10tiiVeR if lid Their Pouvr.1ranslated from the French by Napier Ilooke and William MaeNal) (London, S92) ; Eissler, The Modern High, Explosives (New York, 1893, later ed., Lon don, 1897) ; Munroe, Index to the Literature of Explosives, parts i. and ii. (Baltimore, 1893) ; Guilin:inn. The Manufacture of Explosives: .1 Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the History, the Physieal and Chemical Properties, and the Manufacture of Prplosives, with full bibliography of the subjeet from 1168 to 1895 (2 vols., London. 189.1) ; Wa j.rel ures on Explosives (New York, 1897) ; and De Kalb, Manua/ of Explosives (Toronto, 1900). See GUNPOWDER; GUNCOTTON; DYNAM ITE ; NITROGLYCERIN ; ARTILLERY ; BALLIS TICS; ORDNANCE; and SMOKELESS POWDERS.