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CIDE DICTIONARY
favier explosive, prop. n. [After the inventor, P. A. Favier , a Frenchman.].
Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene. They are stable, but require protection from moisture. As prepared it is a compressed cylinder of the explosive, filled with loose powder of the same composition, all inclosed in waterproof wrappers. It is used for mining. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]