| 单词 | bursting charge |
| 例句 | Once in the air, a time-delay fuse triggers a second explosion and bursting charges release the stars, which contain metallic compounds that give fireworks their color. 9 fascinating facts about fireworks 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Rocket fireworks consist of a mortar, a fuse, propellant powder, a shell, a bursting charge, and pellets known as "stars." 9 fascinating facts about fireworks 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z As I went to the door a crowd of people could be seen running towards the Market Square, the air was filled with the strong perfume of the bursting charge. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Then in the fifteenth century they commenced to make wrought-iron cannon, and hollow projectiles, containing a bursting charge of powder to be exploded by a fuse lit before the shell was fired. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z It was at this juncture that a new factor was introduced, namely, the obus-torpille, or long shell with high-explosive bursting charge. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Shells filled with high explosives, unless special arrangements are made to deaden the bursting charge and so obviate detonation upon impact, are only effective against the thinnest armour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" They had sufficient power to penetrate the plates of a submarine, and were furnished with an automatic detonator, which caused the bursting charge to explode three seconds after impact. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall A heavy bursting charge is employed, and although the fragments are small they fly with such force that they make fatal wounds and even cut into the wood of rifle stocks. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone The bursting charge is fired by a fuse. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition The adjunct employed with shells for igniting the bursting charge at the required moment. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The first was a Japanese mortar which fired a 50 lb. bomb having a good range and a large bursting charge. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Examination of the fragments showed there was no trace of a fuse, and a plug of cement filled the place where the bursting charge should have been. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima The bomb was a tin-can—an empty jam-tin, mostly—filled with a bursting charge and fragments of metal, and with an inch or so of the fuse protruding. Between the Lines The boring and rifling tools were finished, and all the materials for the driving and the bursting charges were ready at hand for putting into their final form when the work of loading up began. The World Peril of 1910 V. Oh! comrades! think how Ireland pines, Her exiled lords, her rifled shrines, Her dearest hope, the ordered lines, And bursting charge of Clare's Dragoons. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry When gas shells land they do not make much noise, having a very small bursting charge; merely sufficient to break the case which contains the gas in liquid form. The Emma Gees Throughout the war the Japanese used for their bursting charges the famous Chimose powder. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Hitherto they had not been altogether successful; as it was found that, owing to the large bursting charge, the range had to be estimated at double its real distance. Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti Yes, we will make the projectile according to your specification, but you will, of course, supply the bursting charge and the charge of this new powder of yours which is to send it into Space. The World Peril of 1910 Turning the zero mark toward the channel leading to the shell's bursting charge shortened the burning distance of the train, while turning zero away from the channel, of course, did the opposite. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America It fires a shell 7 feet long, weighing nearly 3,000 pounds, and carrying a bursting charge of 660 pounds of high explosive. Italy at War and the Allies in the West One a defensive bomb about the size of an orange, containing a bursting charge weighing twenty-two ounces. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War In these pits two old-fashioned howitzers, throwing shells with sixty pounds of black powder for bursting charge, are mounted. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith In the matter of shells for piercing armor, however, there are no two opinions regarding the nature of the bursting charge. Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 Upon impact, the plunger was thrown forward, the cap struck the point and ignited the priming charge, which in turn fired the bursting charge of the shell. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The explosion of the bursting charge by the recoil, checks for an instant the flight of the shell, and this instant's check has the effect of releasing the bullets with which the case is filled. With Rimington As a bursting charge I'm practically satisfied with it; but time is required to know how it acts on steel in storage or on the bores of guns when exploded as a propelling charge. The Younger Set Besides this it has an apparatus for setting off the bursting charge. Military Instructors Manual We now come to the application of high explosives to warfare in the shape of bursting charges for shells. Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 This can be accomplished only by an elongated missile with a solid head for making the hole and a hollow rear for holding the bursting charge. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 Like the common shell, it is made of steel, and is of the general form of the pattern of General Boxer, with wooden head, central tube, and bursting charge in the base. Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 When they strike the objective the bursting charge breaks up the shell, releasing the contents, and simultaneously ignites the combustible. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War To destroy the wall, shell containing large bursting charges of powder are found to be particularly well adapted. Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 Close to the mouth of the tunnel there was a black rent in the wall of rock, made by a bursting charge of dynamite, in which he could conceal himself. The Danger Trail The howitzer as an anti-submarine weapon was handicapped by the comparatively small weight of the bursting charge of its shell. The Crisis of the Naval War It contains 2,300 four ounce sand shots and an 8 lb. bursting charge. Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 The shell in addition to a bursting charge, contains bullets, pieces of iron, and other metallic fragments. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War The projectile carries a bursting charge of a high explosive, and this charge is detonated by a delayed-action fuse. America's War for Humanity They walked along the streets, Schilsky between the others, whom he overtopped by head and shoulders: three young rebels out against the Philistines: three bursting charges of animal spirits. Maurice Guest As a rule I do not approve of shells, as they are comparatively useless if of medium calibre, and can be only effective when sufficiently large to contain a destructive bursting charge. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 Not one," declared Tom; "especially after I put a bursting charge into the projectile. Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record I have tried several varieties of shells with unsatisfactory results, excepting the half-pounder, which contained a burst bursting charge of 8 drams of the finest grained powder. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 It carried no bursting charge, for Tom's first shot was merely to establish the extreme range that his cannon would shoot. Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record Yes, and the heaviest shell we have—the one with the bursting charge. Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record Half an ounce of the finest grained powder was inserted through the nipple by means of a small funnel; this formed the bursting charge. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 In another part of the warship were the big projectiles, some arranged to be fired as solid shots, and others with a bursting charge. Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record Then it was loaded again, the projectile this time carrying a bursting charge of another explosive that would be set off by concussion. Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record |
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