英语词汇turpinite的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

turpinite. Used in making shells, turpinite was for a short time the most powerful explosive in the world, and like the atom bomb inspired the false hope that its terrible effects would end war for all time. The French inventor Turpin concocted turpinite about 1894, about six years after he had invented the explosive lyddite, which is named for Lydd, England, the town where its preliminary tests were made. Turpinite, said to have been tested among sheep with devastating results, inspired fear even among French troops.

词汇	turpinite
词源	turpinite. Used in making shells, turpinite was for a short time the most powerful explosive in the world, and like the atom bomb inspired the false hope that its terrible effects would end war for all time. The French inventor Turpin concocted turpinite about 1894, about six years after he had invented the explosive lyddite, which is named for Lydd, England, the town where its preliminary tests were made. Turpinite, said to have been tested among sheep with devastating results, inspired fear even among French troops.
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