This paper is about the competition between ballistite and cordite,particularly turning on the types of nitrocellulose used in each type ofexplosive, the interaction of Nobel with F. Abel and J. Dewar (and thebad faith of the latter two towards Nobel) and the legal significance ofthe verdict (which went against Nobel).

Patents, powders, profits: The significance of the patent infringement trial, Nobel's Explosives Co. v. Anderson (1894)

248th National Meeting (2014)

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