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Fredericksburg Va Reaction Paper

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Let’s go back to 1860s where the battle of Fredericksburg VA. was happening. Edward Roberts was a civilian war veteran when he had an idea to throw a gunpowder explosive into a narrow hole in the ground in a technique called “exploding torpedo” . Then it was created a capsule with 15 to 20 pounds of gunpowder connected to a wire that could be ignited from the surface. After they put the capsule to the desired depth, the shooters filled out the hole with water to obtain enough concentration to dissipate the cracks throughout the formations underground. The technique was highly widespread, and methods to increase the performance were developed and soon they found out that oil started to flow out from the rocks. Consequently, the employed

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