10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FULMINATING POWDER»
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A Dictionary of Mechanical Science, Arts, Manufactures, and ...
Simple fulminating powder, without any metallic substance, is thus prepared ;
take three parts of nitre, two of purified pearl- ash, and one of (lowers of sulphur ;
mix the whole very accurately in an earthen mortar, and place it on a tile or plate
...
2
The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation ...
When fulminating powder is in fusion, but not heated to the degree ne. cessary to
produce the blue flame, a particle of ignited charcoal thrown upon it will occasion
immediately a remarkably loud ex. plosion. It appears that the ingredients of ...
3
Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. ...
Fulminating powder ; a powder that explodes upon the application of certain
degrees of beat with instantaneous combustion, and prodigious sound. These
are sometimes made with metals, and somtimes without. Simple fulminating
powder ...
John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, 1813
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Pantologia: a new cabinet cyclopaedia, comprehending a ...
All these equally imply rapid decomposition with or without flame, and the
intensity of sound alone distinguishes the idea of falmination from those of
detonation and explosion. Fulminating powder ; a powder that explodes upon the
application ...
5
Pantologia: A new cyclopaedia, comprehending a complete ...
Fulminating powder ; a powder that explodes upon the application of certain
degrees of heat with instantaneous combustion, and prodigious sound. These
are sometimes made with metals, and somtimes without. Simple fulminating
powder ...
John Mason Good, Olinthus Gregory, Newton Bosworth, 1813
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The British Indian Military Repository
The use of fulminating powder, as artillerists are aware, has been more
frequently proposed for loading cannon than for bursting hollow projectiles ; but
this proposition is directly opposed to theory, for cannon and their carriages are
already ...
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A system of pyrotechny: comprehending the theory and ...
Take ten or fifteen grains of Higgins's fulminating powder, and expose it to heat
on a shovel: detonation will follow. See Higgins's Fulminating powder.
Experiment 24. If oxalate of mercury, to the amount of three or four grains, be
struck with a ...
8
A dictionary of chemistry and mineralogy: with an account of ...
FULMINATING GOLD. See Gold. FULMINATING MERCURY of Bayen. of Howard
. See Mercurt. FULMINATING POWDER. This substance is thus prepared. Take
three parts of nitre, two parts of purified pearlash ^Kali preparatum, Lond. Pharm.
Arthur Aikin, Charles Rochemont Aikin, 1807
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Chemistry of Pyrotechnics: Basic Principles and Theory, ...
The importance of intimate mixing was recognized as early as 1831 by Samuel
Guthrie Jr., a manufacturer of fulminating powder used to prime firearms.
Guthrie's mixture was a blend of potassium nitrate, potassium carbonate, and
sulfur, and ...
John A. Conkling, Chris Mocella, 2010
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The Dictionary of Useful Knowledge: Vol. III. G-N
These are little hollow caps of copper, having a fulminating powder at the bottom,
so that, when put on to the nipple of the gun and struck with the hammer, the
fulminating powder explodes, and the sparks passing down the hole in the nipple
, ...
