| View Larger Image | The Preparatory Manual of Explosives, Third Edition | Paperbackby Jared Ledgard (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Jared Ledgard | | Edition: | 3rd Edition | | Page Count: | 588 Pages | | Publication Date: | April 04, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 390,313th |
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Product Description
The Preparatory Manual of Explosives, third edition is an invaluable reference manual covering the preparation and use of 166 of the most influential explosive compounds known to man. The book is also an excellent and powerful collection of over 175 years of explosives science. The Preparatory Manual of Explosives, third edition is a laboratory manual that has been broken down into "easy to understand" chapters starting with basic chemistry and laboratory techniques, then leading up to explosives dynamics and finally leading up to the preparation of the explosives themselves in detail. The Preparatory Manual of Explosives, third edition is an excellent reference book for anyone's book collection, and the book will enlighten the reader in the art of explosives chemistry and science. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 7 reviews)
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The Preparatory Manual of Explosives by detection dog (Valley Village, CA USA)  1 Stars
April 22, 2009
This manual was a significant disappointment. While contains a good deal of technical information within it's pages, it is laid out in a manner that makes it difficult to access. There is no index that would allow you to look up subjects and it is generally difficult to locate specific info within the pages. Not the book I first grab off the shelf, it is also The Preparatory Manual of Explosives, Third Editionnot inexpensive and I would not recommend it to anyone.
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The Preparatory Manual of Explosives by Wallace F. Crawford (Des Moines, Iowa United States)  4 Stars
April 11, 2009
While much more technical than I anticipated I have found it a fascinating read. If there is one frustration it is because I have so little knowledge and understanding of chemistry. Nonetheless, my interest and curiosity have spurred me on to a general appreciation of this topic.
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The Preparatory Manuak od Explosives, Third Edition by H. Takemura (Tokyo, Japan) 4 Stars
February 03, 2009
The manual describes details of synthetic procedure of over hundred of the explosives. If they are the specialists who studied organic chemistry and trained organic chemistry experiments, they can reproduce the manual correctly. However, the experiments must be carried out in appropriate facilities, and non-specialist must not attempt to prepare these materials. It is regretful that qualities of figures and structure of the materials are poor and there are some mistakes in these structures.
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100% Outstanding book. The best there is by T. Evans (Missoula MT USA)  5 Stars
April 29, 2008
The Preparatory Manual of Explosives is your one-stop for high quality explosives data and information. The book is full of excellent and detailed laboratory procedures for the preparation of over 160 of the worlds most widely used explosives. No other book that I know can compare to the exhaustive detail this book has. The book's chapters are arranged in specific order to give the reader a full description of the chemistry of explosives, laboratory techniques, reagents and solvents, intermediates, and explosives dynamics. Also, the book is very easy to understand, and was specifically designed for both chemists and non-chemists. The Preparatory Manual of Explosives is by far the best explosives book available, and I would recommend you checkout the authors other books, all of which contain exhaustive and precise information for every ones book collection. A super must have book for the chemist, non-chemist, amateur, pyrotechnician, and anyone with
just a curiosity to know.
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Eh, not too impressed by R. Cook (Northern Virginia)  3 Stars
April 10, 2008
Ok, it is encyclopedic in scope, there are thousands of compounds detailed here. My problem is that it's filled with instructions similar to this: now mix 300 grams of unicorn horn, prepared in the usual manner, with 15 grams of finely divided unobtainium, being careful not to defenestrate the mixture.
It is an interesting read, but most folks could lay hands on materials to mix up maybe five percent of the compounds listed, max. If you're a chemist this is a great book.
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