| 单词 | fulminate of mercury |
| 例句 | He evidently dropped fulminate of mercury that he was loading into his car, and boom. Does L.A. have an 'addiction to cults and cultists'? Sure seems like it 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z On the nipple was placed the copper cap containing the detonating composition, now made of three parts of chlorate of potash, two of fulminate of mercury and one of powdered glass. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The sudden strain had ignited tubes of fulminate of mercury, which in turn had exploded heavy charges of gun-cotton. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The flash started the fulminate of mercury in the cap. Whispering Wires "Those are the detonators, filled with fulminate of mercury." Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England He had never carried dynamite caps before, but he knew they contained fulminate of mercury, which is one of the most unstable and violent chemical substances, pound for pound, ever created. The Flaming Mountain The most tremendous explosives refuse to explode unless some detonator like fulminate of mercury is set off first. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards No; that is a very similar compound, but it is fulminate of mercury.—Well, The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam This flare was communicated to the percussion cap, or fulminate of mercury, at the base of the cartridge. Whispering Wires Though no larger than a pinhead, the bomb had the power of a thousand times its weight in fulminate of mercury. The Martian Cabal One of the best detonators is fulminate of mercury. In the Track of the Troops Into the point of a cylindro-conical slug is inserted a thin copper cartridge, loaded with powder, and primed with fulminate of mercury. Adrift in the Ice-Fields The wafer is composed of a cap of cartridge-paper, enclosing a layer of fulminate of mercury combined with a small quantity of mealed powder. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The low and high explosives are differentiated, and the sensitiveness of fulminate of mercury and other detonators is clearly pointed out. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 A charge of blasting gelatine, inserted in one of Settle's water cartridges, was suspended in the boiler tube and fired with a fulminate of mercury detonator in the usual manner. Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 As he spoke, he inserted into the cartridge the end of the fuse, to which was attached a small cap filled with fulminate of mercury, and tied it tightly up. In the Track of the Troops The following is a common cap mixture:— 100 parts of fulminate of mercury and 50 parts of potassium nitrate, or 100 parts of fulminate and 60 parts of meal powder. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise When setting off a charge, a cap containing some fulminate of mercury is put over the end of the fuse. Boy Scouts in Southern Waters A large charge of fulminate of mercury placed inside the cartridge case next the primer will not detonate the powder, it serving only to ignite it and cause it to explode. Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 Arab jealousy is about as quick as fulminate of mercury: as unreasonable, from a western viewpoint, as a love-sick woman's. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace The detonator, comprising fulminate of mercury, is placed in the head or tail of the missile. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War It is intermediate in its shattering properties between nitro-glycerine and fulminate of mercury. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise This ignites the fuse, which burns down and sets off the detonator, charged with fulminate of mercury, which explodes the main charge of ammonia. Over the Top The nose of the torpedo strikes the side of the battleship and the compact jars the primer of fulminate of mercury. America's War for Humanity Caps of fulminate of mercury were then affixed to the explosive and wires led from it to the battery boxes. The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic It's a very small fulminate of mercury shell, and never held lead. Average Jones The explosive is pure fulminate of mercury, or a mixture of that substance with nitrate or chlorate of potash, gun-powder, or sulphur. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise A contrivance in a bomb containing fulminate of mercury, which, ignited by a fuse, explodes the charge. Over the Top We followed the crook, Craig still holding the deadly box of fulminate of mercury carefully balanced so that if anyone shot him from a hiding place it would drop. The Exploits of Elaine These were then capped with fulminate of mercury caps, and Harry climbed the rope to the surface of the narrow gully with the wires which were to carry the explosive spark. The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic Detonating fuses are primed with fulminate of mercury. The Story of Electricity The product thus formed is a kind of blasting gelatine, and should be in a pasty condition, in order that it may be mixed with fulminate of mercury. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise In fact, the only way to explode roburite is to detonate it by means of a cap of fulminate, containing at least 1 gramme of fulminate of mercury. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise I have here a small box of fulminate of mercury. The Exploits of Elaine He calmly sat down in an arm chair, leaning back as he carefully balanced the deadly little box of fulminate of mercury on his knee. The Exploits of Elaine |
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