CORDITE

smokele , buff-colored, heat-and-damp-resisting explosive consisting of 58 per cent nitroglycerine, 37 per cent gun-cotton, and 5 per cent mineral jelly (mark I.), used in cartridges for small arms and ordnance in the Brit. army and navy. A modification knowm as cordite M. D., 65 per cent gun-cotton, 30 per cent nitro-glycerine, and 5 per cent mineral jelly, is also used on account. of its higher velocity, more even pre ure, and le erosion of the bore of a gun. province, Argentine Republic; chiefly pampa land; watered by Primero, Segundo; metals found; chief industry is cattle-rearing. Area, 66,912 sq. miles. Pop. 1921, 805,940. city, capital of OC. province, Argentine: Republic, on Rio Primero; founded 1573; has handsome cathedral and univ., 1613; formerly center of Jesuit learning. Pop. 150,000. town, Vera Cruz, Mexico; important coffee producing center. Pop. 70,000.