| 单词 | fuze |
| 例句 | During World War II he helped develop proximity fuzes, devices that detonated bombs as they approached their targets. Zelda Fichandler, a Matriarch of Regional Theater, Dies at 91 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z If a pressure fuze is installed, 150 kg of mass on the fuze is required to trigger it. Ukraine faces the deadly threat of land mines as Russians retreat The fuzes on the grenades released by the M864 are designed to explode when they hit hard targets like armored vehicles and bunkers, Mr. Vosburgh said. Cluster Weapons U.S. Is Sending Ukraine Often Fail to Detonate 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z With pliers and other hand tools, the soldiers must gently probe and manipulate the fuze’s inner mechanisms to disable both of its safety features. In a Ukraine Workshop, the Quest to Build the Perfect Grenade 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z They can work with a variety of fuzes that control whether they explode above the ground, on the surface or after burrowing into the ground. What Are JDAMs? And What Will They Do For Ukraine? 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z It follows the development and installation of similar fuzes — designed by the same nuclear laboratory — on hundreds of smaller-yield submarine warheads in a program completed in January 2019. ‘Astounding’ new sensors make U.S. nukes more powerful and more accurate. But they may create additional security perils 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Magnetic-influence fuzes sense any metal containing iron, such as steel, and detonate when it passes a certain threshold. Ukraine faces the deadly threat of land mines as Russians retreat “Those fuzes rely on impact and if you land in something soft, you may not get the shock you need,” Mr. Vosburgh said. Cluster Weapons U.S. Is Sending Ukraine Often Fail to Detonate 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z With the new fuzes, “they all do,” he says. Special Report: In modernizing nuclear arsenal, U.S. stokes new arms race 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z The Mark-80 warhead, which was developed soon after World War II, was designed to be easily fitted with a variety of tail fins and fuzes for use in a range of situations. What Are JDAMs? And What Will They Do For Ukraine? 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Air Force budget documents provided to Congress describe it as a “form, fit, and functionally equivalent replacement” for existing nuclear warhead fuzes. ‘Astounding’ new sensors make U.S. nukes more powerful and more accurate. But they may create additional security perils 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Microsoft says it needed to directly fuze the "fangs" that hold the lid in place to the hinge because the 15-inch version needed more stability. Microsoft's Surface Book 2 has more power and a new 15-inch size 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z The independent Marine Corps Times newspaper lit the fuze with its headline on a story about the decorated combat vet’s comments: The Devil Dogs Turn Pavlovian 2014-04-15T23:31:05Z With the new fuzes, “they all do,” he says. Special Report: In modernizing nuclear arsenal, U.S. stokes new arms race 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z But shells made in these ways carry many risks, including the danger that as a round accelerates after being fired, its crude fuze will be driven backward, causing the round to detonate in the tube. Starved for Arms, Syria Rebels Make Their Own 2013-06-13T01:54:17Z The lack of visible marks might signal that the air team was using munitions with airburst fuzes, which detonate above the ground and create shock waves, according to weapons experts. General Says U.S. Not to Blame in Death of Afghan Civilians 2013-05-14T01:52:45Z The projectile body was rusted, but the underside of its fuze still carried metal stampings in Cyrillic. Eglin Air Force Base Journal: Military Trains New Generation of Munitions Experts 2012-12-05T12:19:15Z The time-delay fuze, he noted, tended to be one of the weapons' flaws. At War Blog: Syrian Forces' Improvised Arms: Desperate Measures, or Deliberate Aid? 2012-10-18T23:03:10Z Like the fuze body for Dadool's projectiles, these fins and stems were made by aluminum casting, then refined by basic machining. At War Blog: Syria's Dark Horses, With Lathes: Makeshift Arms Production in Aleppo Governorate, Part II 2012-09-20T17:39:30Z The shells were then worked on by a machinist at a lathe, who shaped the nose so that a locally made fuze might be inserted. Starved for Arms, Syria Rebels Make Their Own 2013-06-13T01:54:17Z The primitive point-detonating fuze in each projectile's nose presents yet another concern. At War Blog: Syria's Dark Horses, With Lathes: Makeshift Arms Production in Aleppo Governorate, Part I 2012-09-19T16:58:04Z A few miles away, several students clutched watches while testing a green strand of time fuze. Eglin Air Force Base Journal: Military Trains New Generation of Munitions Experts 2012-12-05T12:19:15Z And if the fuze's timing was off, he said, the rocket would strike the ground or a building, the fuze would shear off and the apparatus would fail to explode. At War Blog: Syrian Forces' Improvised Arms: Desperate Measures, or Deliberate Aid? 2012-10-18T23:03:10Z It also has a longer range, a proximity fuze and a larger warhead. At War Blog: Confronting a False Meme: Libya's Deadly "Stinger-Equivalents" 2012-05-24T12:01:34Z “We disassemble the front fuze; we cut the bomb using the lathe.” Starved for Arms, Syria Rebels Make Their Own 2013-06-13T01:54:17Z Curiously, if you look at the photograph above you will see that the top of each submunitions in the fuze assembly each was secured by a small plastic cap. At War Blog: A Not Quite So Dead End for the Mystery Cluster Bomb 2012-03-08T15:34:04Z As for the fuze, Mr. Marot said neither he nor his team determined how it functions, because of limitations in their field equipment. At War Blog: A Coda, of Sorts, to the Mystery Cluster Bomb From Libya 2012-02-16T16:58:59Z "I always wondered why the enemy went through the trouble of making these elaborate fuzes that rarely worked instead of just making some kind of point-detonating system," he wrote. At War Blog: Syrian Forces' Improvised Arms: Desperate Measures, or Deliberate Aid? 2012-10-18T23:03:10Z Still more pried open boxes holding switches and fuzes. North Arabian Sea Journal: On Aircraft Carrier, Stennis, Sailors 9 Decks Down Build the Bombs 2012-01-26T02:14:45Z Judging by the damage and munitions’ remains, a bomb with a delayed fuze struck another wing of the building, burrowed into another apartment and exploded, blasting walls outward. Scores of Unintended Casualties in NATO War in Libya 2011-12-17T21:17:15Z And several times Tom Brandy and I had to be blown out of the gun with a fuze before the men could load it. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z "I was just going out to look for fuzes: but perhaps you'd like to see round the position first." Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z In his examination of the IRAMs in Syria, Mr. Ismay spotted an upgrade: The fuzes are have seemingly been replaced by the latest generation of machinists assembling these weapons. At War Blog: Syrian Forces' Improvised Arms: Desperate Measures, or Deliberate Aid? 2012-10-18T23:03:10Z Now be it known to those who do not dabble in explosives, there are in the army two types of fuze which are used for firing charges. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z These included the size and type of bomb, and its fuze. Scores of Unintended Casualties in NATO War in Libya 2011-12-17T21:17:15Z They are often used in conjunction, a considerable length of instantaneous fuze, leading from the charge, being connected to a short length of safety fuze. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z "Both guns two degrees more left, fuze two, eight hundred...." Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z As second video, of another dud, below, also appears to show a point-detonating fuze. At War Blog: Syrian Forces' Improvised Arms: Desperate Measures, or Deliberate Aid? 2012-10-18T23:03:10Z The first of these fuzes is called Safety—and the outer covering is black. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z He had made it all ready, fixing the end of the fuze in its proper place, and now he led the line back over comparatively dry ice. Winter Fun 2011-01-25T03:00:22.297Z A defective splice in two lengths of fuze was thus discovered and repaired. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The man hurried off, and Tony walked along the line of guns, saw that they were laid on the crest line in front, and that the fuzes were set at zero. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z The fuze has a standard length for the ascertained range, but the proper correction of this standard length to suit the atmospheric conditions has to be made. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The second of these fuzes is called Instantaneous—and the outer covering is orange. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z "Use the whole length of the fuze," said the deacon. Winter Fun 2011-01-25T03:00:22.297Z Everything should therefore be prepared beforehand to facilitate the loading of the mine and placing of the fuze. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Blasting with High Explosives.—High explosives are fired either by ordinary fuze and detonating cap or by electric fuze. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The best procedure with field guns is said to be lengthening the fuze to obtain a high percentage of bursts on graze. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Should, therefore, an unwary person place two inches of this second fuze in his jam tin by mistake, and light it, it will take exactly one-600th of a second before he gets to the motto. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z The metallic fuze bored out and a paper fuze of longer time inserted. An Artilleryman's Diary Firing.—This may be done electrically, or by means of safety or instantaneous fuze or powder hose. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The fuze is a cord, having in the centre a core of gunpowder, enclosed in several layers of linen or hemp waterproofed covering. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" All that they can do, when the opposing infantries can see the whites of each other’s eyes, is to lengthen the fuze, raise the trajectory and sweep the ground where the enemy’s supports are posted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" One ... two—three-four-five; the last three as close together as they could fly without setting off their proximity fuzes. Triplanetary But the fuze will not take: horrible moment of agonizing suspense,—the powder is clotted with blood, and will not ignite! Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II The safety fuze used in the British service burns at the rate of about 3 ft. a minute. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z For firing, the fuze wires are joined to long leading wires, connected with some source of electric current. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The fuze lengths are marked on a movable scale opposite the range graduations to which they apply, and the “corrector” moves this fuze scale so as to bring different fuze lengths opposite the range graduation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Their efficacy is in their recoil and the "graze" fuze they use. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders "This to the man who puts a match to the fuze!" said he, as he detaches the great cross of the Legion from his breast, and holds it aloft. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II Instantaneous fuze burns at the rate of a mile a minute. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Hanging fire may be due to a cut, broken or damaged powder fuze, which may smoulder for some time before communicating fire to the charge. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" I am obliged to your lordship for the fuzes, and hoped to have had also some rockets. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II One which, from accident or bad fuze, has fallen without exploding, or one purposely filled with lead, as at the siege of Cadiz. 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. But unhappily the fuze has missed, and the great engine lies inert and inactive. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II They may be fired by powder hose, fuze or electricity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z “Miss-fires,” which also are of not infrequent occurrence with both ordinary and electric fuzes, are cases where explosion from any cause fails to take place. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Pray give an officer an order to send me at least five hundred fuzes. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II Also used at night filled with fuze composition, and enlarged fuze-hole, to indicate the range. 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. I see the train; I kneel down; the fuze is faint, and I stoop to blow it; and then my action is perceived, and a shattering volley sweeps the bridge. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II He told me that they were producing almost entirely high-explosive shells and hardly any shrapnel, and that an enormous improvement was being made in the pattern of fuze, from which great results were expected. 1914 The fuzes must obviously be of uniform electrical resistance, to ensure that all the connected charges will explode simultaneously. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" There was a sudden sizzle as he lit the fuze, and he saw a stream of smoky light fly through the darkness and fall on to the ground in the centre of the dug-out. No Man's Land A number of grenades, moreover, being quilted together with their fuzes outwards, called a "bouquet," is fired short distances with good effect from mortars in the latter stages of a siege. 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 elevating screws are spun in their beds, the shell fuzes cut down to the very edge. A War-Time Wooing A Story This hulk therefore remained in place, for the timed fuzes did not act. The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. The premature explosion of any one of the fuzes would break the circuit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" We waited patiently until we saw that everything was ready on board the cutter; and then Tom and I ignited the fuzes in the three magazines. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron The flame escaped through vents, three to five in number, around the fuze hole of the shell. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The tracks across the open up to the front line were rendered specially unpleasant by the pernicious '106' fuzes, with which the enemy's artillery was well supplied. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry The fuzes for shell will be prepared at the Laboratory in the Ordnance Yard at Washington, and distributed to other Navy Yards as they may be required. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Gunpowder is exploded by deflagration, by means of a fuze, and exerts a comparatively slow and rending force. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" “But you have taken care to see that the magazines are now all right?—that there are no more live fuzes in them?” The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron It was a technical improvement over the tubular sheet-iron fuze of the Venetians, but the principle was about the same. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America From the moment we entered the harbour the militia of the island were called out, many of the guns which commanded our shipping were shotted, and artillerymen with lighted fuzes stood constantly beside them. The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 Shell have also been returned with the powder in the vicinity of the fuze compressed into a solid mass, owing to the fact that sufficient room had not been left for its insertion. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. For blasting in coal, “squibs” instead of fuzes are often used. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Load and double shot them; and you, Tom, place the remainder of those fuzes in the magazine in such a way that they will do their work effectually when required. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron Bombs were not filled with powder very long before use, and fuzes were not put into the projectiles until the time of firing. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The siege is at a standstill; the fuzes won't fit the shells. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood This fuze should be carefully explained to the men, as shells have been taken from guns with the cut made into the priming-magazine, which would explode them at the muzzle. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. By joining the fuze wires in series or in groups, any number of holes may be fired simultaneously, according to the current available. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The men turned to with a will; the guns were loaded; and I then went with Tom to personally inspect the arrangement of the fuzes. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron A black fuze burned an inch every 2 seconds. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America His shells, fitted with clockwork fuzes, burst very high, and were quite harmless. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. For these purposes a good percussion or concussion fuze is desirable, but no reliable fuzes of these kinds have as yet been devised. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Another advantage is that there is no danger of a hole “hanging fire,” which sometimes causes accidents in using ordinary fuzes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" In Germany, the use of duty-free spirit is only allowed to state and municipal hospitals, and state scientific institutions, and for the manufacture of fulminates, fuzes and smokeless powders. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Some English fuzes at this period were also made by drawing two strands of a quick match into the hole, instead of filling it with powder composition. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America This was no less than a shell of 8 1/4 lbs. that had been fired at the Baris by our cannon, but the fuze had not ignited. Ismailia The Loader is to be specially instructed that unless the leaden patch is stripped off, to expose the priming, the fuze will not ignite, and consequently the shell cannot explode. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. As these fuzes are more apt to deteriorate when exposed to dampness than fuzes for low-tension current, and the generating machine is rather clumsy and fragile, low-tension current is more generally employed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Shell: explosive missile; a hollow cast-iron ball, filled with gunpowder, with a fuze to produce detonation; a long, hollow projectile, filled with explosive and fitted with a fuze. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The ends of the match were crossed into a sort of rosette at the head of the fuze. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The mortar did not use a wad, because a wad prevented the fuze of the shell from igniting. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America For the present the following colors are established when put on board ship: All shot, black; shell, red; shrapnel, white; length of fuze stencilled on the shell. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The high explosives, on the other hand, are exploded by detonation, through the agency of a fuze and fulminating cap, exerting a quick, shattering, rather than a rending force. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" To the layman, it may seem strange that the shell was never loaded with the fuze toward the powder charge of the gun. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America If the fuze had to be withdrawn, there was a fuze extractor for the job. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Not until the late 1600's did the method of letting the powder blast ignite the fuze become general. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America All fuzes taken from shell, or returned from ships which have been more than one year in service, are to be sent to the laboratory to be refitted. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. It is ignited by the miner’s candle or lamp, or by a candle end so placed at the mouth of the hole that the flame must burn its way through the fuze covering. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Their bombs were hemispheres of stone or bronze, joined together with hoops and exploded by means of a primitive powder fuze. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America This tool gripped the fuze head tightly, and turning a screw slowly pulled out the fuze. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America It had a single hole where the powder was funneled in—full, but not enough to pack too tightly when the fuze was driven in. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America When returned from ships they must not be taken into the shell-houses until after the fuzes shall have been removed and the shell plugged. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. As the fuze burns slowly, at the rate of 2 or 3 ft. per minute, the miner uses a sufficient length to allow him to reach a place of safety. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" In later years, however, such projections were replaced by two "ears," little recesses beside the fuze hole. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Percussion fuzes were made in two general types: the front fuze, for the nose of an elongated projectile; and the base fuze, at the center of the projectile base. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America When the distance of the object is known to be less than the range of the shortest fuze, and time will admit of doing so, uncap all the fuzes. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. In case of a want of canister, the shrapnel or common shell furnishes an excellent substitute by cutting into the magazine of the Bormann fuze, which will cause it to explode at the muzzle. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The cap is crimped tight on the end of the fuze, embedded in the cartridge, and on being exploded by fire from the fuze detonates the charge. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" No. 4 then removes the paper covering and exposes the priming of the fuze, handing the covering to No. 2, as an evidence that it has been removed. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Wooden tube fuzes were used almost as long as the spherical shell. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America In this respect the Bormann fuze has an advantage over the ordinary fuze. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. When provided with the Bormann fuze, the shrapnel, or shell, as issued, is complete. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. A piece of fuze, long enough to reach a little beyond the mouth of the hole, is inserted in the cartridge and tied fast. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" But those guns would be very badly served which should wait until this time to give the order for the species of projectile or class of fuze required. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. This fuze was in the nose of the shell and consisted essentially of a plunger, primer, and rings grooved to hold a 9-inch train of compressed black powder. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Not only each kind and calibre, but each length of fuze, is to be stowed in separate tiers. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The length of the fuzes limits the distance within which the fire of these guns is considered as effective. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. When more than one cartridge is required for the blast, that which has the fuze attached is usually charged last. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The paper-case fuze is marked with the number of seconds it burns per inch, and it may be cut, where no danger from ignition can take place, with a sharp knife. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. To set the fuze, the fuze man merely turned a movable ring to the proper time mark. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America There is no doubt such errors will often account for the supposed defects of the fuze. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The shell must be filled, and the powder well shaken down, leaving only room for the insertion of the fuze. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Whenever it is expedient or necessary to examine the fuzes and loading of shell which have been already prepared, great care must be observed in removing the fuze. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. All the spherical shell, however, put on board ship, filled and fitted for immediate use, are to be provided with none other than the 5-second fuze. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Paper fuzes were 2 inches long, and could be cut shorter if necessary. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The 5-second fuze is to be regarded as the general working fuze, and hence the reason the filled shell are to be fitted with it, as mentioned above. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The very common, but slovenly, practice of filling the shell, and then pouring out a quantity sufficient to allow the fuze to be inserted, is expressly prohibited. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Damaged fuzes, primers, caps, and tubes, are always to be returned to the Ordnance Yard at Washington, in the condition in which they were received on the return of the ship. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. At other times uncap the fuze suited to the distance, and the one of longest time of burning. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The warheads of such rockets were cast iron, filled with black powder and fitted with percussion fuzes. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The Loader must be careful not to touch the fuze composition with his fingers, for fear of injuring it by moisture. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The Quarter Gunner will get up the ammunition from below; also the lock, sights, sponges, spare fuzes, ammunition-pouches, and primers. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Where the firing is not hurried it is advisable to raise the priming of the fuze, to insure its ignition. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. In loading with a shell, the most exact attention is required to all the precautions relating to the position of the fuze and the mode of setting home the shell. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Here they set a screw, hung the explosive instrument upon it, lit the fuze, and "retired." Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America In testing the Navy time-fuse by the watch, or michronometer, the safety-plug must be removed: otherwise the fuze will burn longer than the time for which it is marked. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. A wooden plug the size of the lower part of the fuze will always determine this. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Containing fuzes, and a pair of sleeves, attached to the tompion. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. These fuzes are of 3 1/2, 5, 7, 10, 15, and 20 seconds time of burning; which are supposed to offer a sufficient variety for most of the exigencies of service. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Paper caps to protect the powder composition covered the heads of these fuzes and had to be removed before the shell was put into the gun. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America There are also supplied paper-case fuzes of greater length, which, when used, are always to be inserted in metal stocks. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Shell have been sometimes returned with their fuzes entirely destroyed by moisture!! Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. For greater or less distances this fuze may be drawn, and any of the others substituted. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. For special firing, as for example at shore-batteries or masses of uncovered troops, any of these fuzes may be shortened. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The shock of impact caused this fuze to explode the shell at almost the instant of striking. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America After "Load," is the proper time to give subsidiary order to Shellmen what projectile and length of fuze to bring for next fire. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. For rifled cannon the shell shall be fitted with one-half percussion, one-half time fuze. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. This is the only fuze to be used with shrapnel. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. A safety-plug at the lower extremity prevents the communication of fire to the powder in the shell, in the event of the accidental ignition of the fuze after being uncapped. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The base fuze was used with armor-piercing projectiles where it was desirable to have the shell penetrate the target for some distance before bursting. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America It is strictly forbidden to show or explain to foreigners or others the construction of any fuzes, except so far as may be necessary for the service of the guns. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Boat shell and their spare fuzes are also to undergo a similar examination. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. All shells, unless otherwise ordered, are fitted and issued from the shell-houses with the 5-seconds fuze, which is to be regarded as the general working fuze. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Similar terms are used in marking the sight and the fuze. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. M�ller scoffed at the idea of "choaking" a fuze, which, he said, burnt as well in water as in any other element. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America This fuze is composed of a composition driven in a paper case, and then inserted in a metal stock which screws into a bouching fitted to the shell. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Loaded shell are to be painted red and placed in boxes or bags marked with a red cross, which boxes are to have the lengths of fuze painted on them in black. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The length of fuze is the limit of the distance within which this fire is effective. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. This fuze is opened at the required number of seconds, by cutting close to the right of the mark on the index-plate. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Over this ring the top of the fuze case was marked in seconds. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The times of flight and length of fuze for all projectiles, so far as ascertained at the Experimental Battery at Washington, are given in the Table of Ranges, Appendix B. 333. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Shrapnel shell and the tops of their boxes shall be painted white, with the length of fuze stencilled on them in black. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The wooden fuzes used at present for the 13-inch bombs are in sections, and marked according to the estimated distance in practice, viz.: Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Of shell filled 11 0 To burst shell 6 0 To blow out fuze 0 6 Ordinary service-charge 7 0 Incendiary, match, or other composition 0 8 501. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The main trouble with this fuze, however, was that it did not always ignite! Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The fuze is then tried in the hole, and should enter 3/4ths of its length; if it does not, it must be reduced by rasping. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. No fuze is, under any circumstances, to be put in shell which are not filled. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. For shells, the distances should suit the ranges of their fuzes, or time of burning, that the degree of certainty of explosion in direct or ricochet fire may be seen and noted. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. While 4 withdraws the Rammer, 3 is to receive the Shell from 5, lift and enter it, sabot first, into muzzle, fuze out, as soon as the rammer is clear thereof. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. A brass wire at the base of the plunger was a safety device to keep the cap away from a sharp point at the top of the fuze until the shell struck the target. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America |
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