circa 1951: Bagging cotton linters to provide the cellulose for nitrocellulose or guncotton which with nitroglycerine makes cordite. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
circa 1951: Bagging cotton linters to provide the cellulose for nitrocellulose or guncotton which with nitroglycerine makes cordite. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)