Driven by "Gelignite" Jack Murray. So nicknamed for his habit of throwing sticks of gelly out along his way! My dad took me to see those cars on Norwood oval when they overnighted here in Adelaide.
From Wikipedia - Gelignite, also known as blasting gelatin or simply "jelly", is an explosive material consisting of collodion-cotton dissolved in either nitroglycerine or nitroglycol and mixed with wood pulp and saltpetre. It was invented in 1875 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, who also invented dynamite.
Driven by "Gelignite" Jack Murray. So nicknamed for his habit of throwing sticks of gelly out along his way! My dad took me to see those cars on Norwood oval when they overnighted here in Adelaide.
ReplyDeletewhat is a stick of gelly? Chewing gum?
DeleteFrom Wikipedia - Gelignite, also known as blasting gelatin or simply "jelly", is an explosive material consisting of collodion-cotton dissolved in either nitroglycerine or nitroglycol and mixed with wood pulp and saltpetre. It was invented in 1875 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, who also invented dynamite.
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