The Nitro Glycerine Act 1869
WHEREAS the carriage and conveyance of nitro glycerine has been found to be attended with great risk and danger to the lives and property of Her Majesty's subjects, and it is desirable to restrict and regulate such carriage, and in particular to prevent the mischief which might arise from explosions in the removal and landing of nitro glycerine from ships, and for that purpose to prohibit the importation thereof: Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and ...