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Scientific American

July 10, 1915

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The War Significance of Cotton, The Navy's Most Pressing Need and more

[Cotton was used to make nitrocellulose--the smokeless "gunpowder" for cartridges and shells]

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 113 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “The War Significance of Cotton, The Navy's Most Pressing Need, and more” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 113 No. 2 (), p. 38
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican07101915-38
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