Cartridge cloth

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Description

A thin, strong fabric made from silk. Cartridge cloth was used to make powder bags for large-caliber guns because it was completely consumed in the heat of the explosion (Brady 1971).

Additional Information

G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, 10th edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1971.

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