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    Gelignite (/ˈdʒɛlɪɡnaɪt/), also known as blasting gelatin or simply "jelly", is an explosive material consisting of collodion-cotton (a type of nitrocellulose...
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    include Semtex and C-4. The first manufactured plastic explosive was gelignite in 1875, invented by Alfred Nobel. Plastic explosives are especially suited...
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  • (30 August 1907 – 11 December 1983), generally known as Jack Murray or 'Gelignite' Jack, was an Australian racing driver and sportsman, most remembered...
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  • in Saggart with six sticks of gelignite, six detonators and four feet of fuse wire. In September 1971, 70 lbs of gelignite, 100 detonators and 200 safety...
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  • The Gelignite Gang is a black and white 1956 British second feature crime film directed by Terence Fisher and Francis Searle, starring Wayne Morris and...
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  • Wallis watches as Edward tearfully plays the bagpipes outside. 6 6 "Gelignite" Julian Jarrold Peter Morgan 4 November 2016 (2016-11-04) When Margaret...
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    Antilia bomb scare occurred on 25 February 2021, when a car containing 20 gelignite sticks was found outside the residence of Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai. A note...
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    in the line of duty. 22 other people were injured. On 7 October 1985, gelignite and detonators were stolen from the Tyrconnel Mine at Blackwood. On 25...
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    explosive using nitroglycerin that was patented in 1867. He further invented gelignite in 1875 and ballistite in 1887. Upon his death, Nobel donated his fortune...
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    England. The IRA's primary weapon in the Republic was explosives (including gelignite, fertiliser, and ANFO), which were responsible for the vast majority of...
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