An Act to prohibit the manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession in time of war of explosives, providing regulations for the safe manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession of the same, and for other purposes.
Introduced in the House as H.R. 3932 by Martin D. Foster (D–IL) on May 1, 1917
Passed the House on May 31, 1917 (Passed)
Passed the Senate on July 17, 1917 (Passed)
Reported by the joint conference committee on September 15, 1917; agreed to by the House on September 29, 1917 (Agreed) and by the Senate on September 29, 1917 (Agreed)
Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on October 6, 1917
The Sundry Civil Expenses Appropriations Act of 1918 applied the unlicensed enforcement prohibitions of the federal explosive act for iridium, palladium, platinum, and precious metal compounds.[4]
In 1947, the Boy Scouts of America and Institute of Makers of Explosives established a safety awareness program for the disposal and identification of electric and non-electric blasting caps.[11]
Illustrations of Blasting Caps
"I'm A Blasting Cap". Boys' Life. Boy Scouts of America. May 1951. p. 30.
"Don't Touch Blasting Caps". Boys' Life. Boy Scouts of America. May 1953. p. 54.
"Blasting Caps Are Dangerous! - Leave Them Alone!". Boys' Life. Boy Scouts of America. July 1958. p. 35-C6.
"Blasting Cap Safety Bookmark". Boys' Life. Boy Scouts of America. February 1969. p. 54.
"Blasting Cap Safety Bookmark". Boys' Life. Boy Scouts of America. June 1969. p. 64.
"Blasting Cap Safety Bookmark". Boys' Life. Boy Scouts of America. September 1969. p. 65.
"Blasting Cap Safety Bookmark". Boys' Life. Boy Scouts of America. October 1969. p. 68.
"Scouts in Action - Dynamite Blasting Caps". Boys' Life. Boy Scouts of America. February 1975. pp. 46–47.
^"Regulation of Explosives in the United States: With Especial Reference to the Administration of the Explosives Act of October 6, 1917, by the Bureau of Mines". 1921.
^"Official Bulletin No. 227" [PERSONS INTERNED FOR PERIOD OF THE WAR INCLUDED WITHIN MEANING OF WORD "ENEMY"]. Internet Archive. Committee on Public Information. February 6, 1918.
^Peters,Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Woodrow Wilson: "Proclamation 1364 — Declaring That a State of War Exists Between the United States and Germany," April 6, 1917". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
^"Sundry Civil Expenses Appropriations Act of 1918 ~ P.L. 65-181" (PDF). 40 Stat. 634 ~ House Bill 12441. USLaw.Link. July 1, 1918.
^"Federal Explosive Act Amendment of 1941 ~ P.L. 77-381" (PDF). 55 Stat. 863 ~ House Bill 3019. USLaw.Link. December 26, 1941.
^"Emergency and War Powers Cessation Act of 1947 ~ P.L. 80-239" (PDF). 61 Stat. 449 ~ Senate Joint Resolution 123. USLaw.Link. July 25, 1947.
^Truman, Harry S. (July 25, 1947). "Statement by the President Upon Signing Resolution Terminating Additional Emergency Powers - July 25, 1947". Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. pp. 357–358.
^Truman, Harry S. (July 25, 1947). "Statement by the President on the Dangers of Explosive-Type War Souvenirs - July 25, 1947". Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. p. 358.
^"Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 ~ P.L. 91-452" (PDF). 84 Stat. 922 ~ Senate Bill 30. U.S. Government Printing Office. October 15, 1970.
^Nixon, Richard M. (October 15, 1970). "Remarks on Signing the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 - October 15, 1970". Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. pp. 846–847.
^"Blasting Cap Safety Education Program". Safety Education. Institute of Makers of Explosives.
Historical Video Archivesedit
"How Jimmy Won The Game". Internet Archive. Bureau of Mines. 1928.
"Blasting Cap - Danger!". Internet Archive. Institute of Makers of Explosives. 1957.
"Don't Touch". Internet Archive. Institute of Makers of Explosives. 1970.
"Explosives - Tool for Progress". Internet Archive. Institute of Makers of Explosives. 1970.
Reading Bibliographyedit
Van Gelder, Arthur Pine; Schlatter, Hugo (1927). History of the Explosives Industry in America. New York: Columbia University Press. LCCN 72005051. OCLC 1688246.
Wilkinson, Norman B. (1984). Lammot du Pont and the American Explosives Industry, 1850-1884. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press. ISBN 978-0813910123. OCLC 933801959.
Kelly, Jack (2004). Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive that Changed the World. New York, N.Y.: Basic Books. ISBN 978-0786739004. OCLC 53796866.
Cressy, David (2013). Saltpeter: The Mother of Gunpowder. England, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199695751. OCLC 909362252.
"GUNPOWDER AND ITS MANUFACTURE.; Where and How it is Made The Materials Where Found A New Discovery in Cannon Powder". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. August 10, 1861.
Leconte, Joseph (1862). "Saltpeter Instructions for the Manufacture of Saltpetre". Internet Archive. Columbia, S.C.: Charles P. Pelham, State Printer. OCLC 14698867.
Guttmann, Oscar (1895). The Manufacture of Explosives: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the History, the Physical and Chemical Properties, and the Manufacture of Explosives. Vol. 1. Whittaker and Co. – via Internet Archive.
Guttmann, Oscar (1895). The Manufacture of Explosives: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the History, the Physical and Chemical Properties, and the Manufacture of Explosives. Vol. 2. Whittaker and Co. – via Internet Archive.
"Farming with Dynamite: An Improvement in Farming That Is Proving Greater Than Irrigation". Internet Archive. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. 1911.
"The Use of Explosives for Agricultural and Other Purposes". Internet Archive. Institute of Makers of Explosives. 1917.
"DuPont Blasters' Handbook". Internet Archive. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. 1918.
"General Information and Rulings for the Enforcement of the Law Regulating Explosives and Their Ingredients". Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1918.
Williams, William B. (1919). "History of the Manufacture of Explosives for the Great War, 1917-1918". Internet Archive. United States Army Ordnance Department.
"DuPont Blasters' Handbook". Internet Archive. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. 1922.
"Safety in the Handling and Use of Explosives". Internet Archive. Institute of Makers of Explosives. 1940.
"National Park Service Handbook for the Transportation, and Use of Explosives". NPS Park History. National Park Service. 1999.
"Blasting Caps in the Parks" (PDF). Curatorial Safety. National Park Service. July 2003.
"The Institute of Makers of Explosives". IME-Institute of Makers of Explosives.