| 单词 | percussion cap |
| 例句 | The hammer fell and struck the percussion cap. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Either the copper percussion cap might fail to spark, or the black powder in the barrel might fail to ignite because of dampness. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the revolver’s chambers was empty, and officers found an expended percussion cap. CHP officer cleared of wrongdoing in fatal shootout at O.C. homeless encampment 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z Look closely, and you'll see that the two guns don't quite match: One has had its flintlock striking mechanism replaced with a slightly more modern percussion cap system. For the first time, the pistol used to kill Alexander Hamilton is on public view in D.C. 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z By good luck I found a bit of tolerably dry paper in my jumper; and, becoming apprehensive that Petersen would waste our few percussion caps with his ineffectual snappings, I took the pistol myself. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z It possesses four large paper mills and among its other industries are paste-board, powder, percussion caps, nets and machinery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z In the meantime it was gradually developed, and the copper percussion cap invented, by various gunmakers and private individuals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The spark plug is a simple device which may be compared to the fuse or percussion cap of the cannon. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z Wadded bullets, percussion caps and a powder-horn had baize-lined compartments to themselves; in their midst lay a ponderous engine with a good ten inches of barrel. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Load the pistol with a piece of flash paper, place a percussion cap on the nipple, and pull the trigger. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z I held in my hand a Colt’s six-shooter, Number 2; another in my belt; twelve shots in all—sure as the best percussion caps and careful loading could make them. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z Old Gibbon was an expert shot, but he could never be persuaded to use the new-fangled percussion caps. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z In New York he procured a large quantity of percussion caps, and shipped them to Montgomery. Cruise and Captures of the Alabama 2011-01-30T03:00:18.733Z I purchased large quantities of percussion caps in the city of New York, and sent them by express without any disguise, to Montgomery. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Luckily, his quilted cartridge-belt was still fast buckled around his body, and a supply of percussion caps lay convenient in the pocket of his civet-skin waistcoat. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z The first essention, of course, is ammunition; so many pounds of shot and powder and so many boxes of percussion caps. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. It is like hunting in the days of the percussion cap gun. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. On so slight an incident—the defect of a percussion cap—did the battle hinge. Cruise and Captures of the Alabama 2011-01-30T03:00:18.733Z The persons alluded to, were to be mechanics skilled in the manufacture, and use of ordnance, and rifle machinery, the preparation of fixed ammunition, percussion caps, &c. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z This flare was communicated to the percussion cap, or fulminate of mercury, at the base of the cartridge. Whispering Wires Weapons:—2 flint-lock guns, 2 for percussion caps, 2 breech-loader carbines, 5 boarding cutlasses, 4 sabres, 2 barrels of powder, each containing twenty-five pounds; 12 boxes of percussion caps. Abandoned “Impossible!” thought Selim, as he had hastened to secure it, with the ammunition and the percussion caps. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa Their percussion caps snapped, but not one went off. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read And since it was impossible to obtain ammunition belonging to the corps, he spent some of his saved pay in buying powder, shot, and percussion caps in Peshawar, and refilled some old cartridge cases. Barclay of the Guides I seem now to see Cassidy as he appeared in line on that dark night trying to put a percussion cap on that nippleless gun. A Raw Recruit's War Experiences There was a quick pressure, a snap like the crack of a percussion cap, and all was over. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran It was a bright, new percussion cap, where a greased rag had been when I went out for my moonlight stroll. Our Southern Highlanders He took down from its pegs an awkward, smoothbore rifle and carefully examined the enormous percussion cap that was fitted over the nipple. The Little Regiment And Other Episodes of the American Civil War There are not percussion caps enough in our army for a serious skirmish. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital My utter desperation induced me to work for an hour with some percussion caps, powder, and a piece of greased tow linen, to get a blaze of fire, Ingins or no Ingins. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes “I know,” cried Tom now; “fulminate of silver is what they put in percussion caps, isn’t it, uncle?” The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam He loaded the piece, carefully cutting a patch for the ball; then from his waistcoat pocket drew forth a small tin box of percussion caps, fitted one of these, and was ready. Sunlight Patch Raoul pushed powder and shot down the muzzle of his pistol, then took a percussion cap out of a pouch at his belt and pressed it onto the nipple in the breach. Shaman An’ here’s caps,” he added, producing a small, brown tin box of percussion caps from his trousers pocket. The Backwoodsmen At last she began to be aware of a wonderful revolution, compared to which the fire of Mittwalden Palace was but a crack and flash of a percussion cap. English: Composition and Literature Even so simple an invention as the percussion cap, invented in 1807, was not introduced in the British army until after the lapse of thirty years. Buchanan's Journal of Man, December 1887 Volume 1, Number 11 A fowling-piece, once a flint-lock, now converted to the percussion cap system, hangs against the beam, and sometimes dried herbs may be seen there too. The Toilers of the Field He saw a spark, heard the bang of the percussion cap, but there was nothing more. Shaman It was now about six o'clock in the morning, our last charge of canister shot was in the gun, the last rocket in the tube, and nearly all the percussion caps expended. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery When fired the cap at butt was thrown forward on the cylinderical base of the cone, expanding the lead ring into the grooves of the rifle, the cone exploding by percussion cap on striking. A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. Old muzzle-loading rifles of European make, striking either flints or percussion caps, are also in occasional use as shot-guns, in preference to native weapons. Life and sport in China Second Edition Note sparks that can be struck from a stone; percussion caps, flint-lock muskets. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study From the point of the bullet projects a little rod, which passes down through a small hole in the head piece into the chamber below, where it was connected with a percussion cap. A Refutation of the Charges Made against the Confederate States of America of Having Authorized the Use of Explosive and Poisoned Musket and Rifle Balls during the Late Civil War of 1861-65 The country was laid under contribution to supply copper for that purpose, and he essayed the filling of percussion caps with fulminate, not over successfully I hope. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan His other burdens were his packet of percussion caps, his blanket, and his crutches. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality He withdrew a cylinder, and from a small cup in its base obtained six percussion caps, which he proceeded to adjust on the iron nipples. A Son of the Immortals Mr. McJilton, the Surveyor of the Port, stated that he would not grant a permit for percussion caps, unless by permission of the military authorities. Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After The point is a pointed axical bolt, whose rear is furnished with a percussion cap, to be exploded by the forward motion of a striker on the concussion of the projectile. A Refutation of the Charges Made against the Confederate States of America of Having Authorized the Use of Explosive and Poisoned Musket and Rifle Balls during the Late Civil War of 1861-65 We were supplied with smoothbore, muzzle-loading, Springfield muskets, small leather boxes for percussion caps, and larger ones for cartridges. Reminiscences of a Rebel He received a warm welcome from the general, alike for the message he brought and the very desirable supply of percussion caps. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The spring driving one hammer was too weak to discharge a percussion cap, that of the other was just strong enough to cause detonation on an average twice out of three attempts. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer “No doubt of it,” answered Jack, as he drew a percussion cap from his pouch, and placed it carefully on the nipple of his rifle. The Gorilla Hunters His percussion caps, however, were completely destroyed, and even though they had not been, it would have mattered little, for he did not possess more than half a dozen. The Dog Crusoe and his Master Tim now began motioning very earnestly for this article, bullet-pouch and box of percussion caps that the savage had at his side; but the shrewd old fellow was sharper than they expected. Adrift in the Wilds or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys In addition to his message, he took with him a supply of some forty pounds of percussion caps for the use of the besieged garrison. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Colonel Rains said, that although the Southerners had certainly been hard up for gunpowder at the early part of the war, they were still harder up for percussion caps. Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 Before the invention of percussion caps, guns were provided with a little groove-shaped trough by the side of the powder chamber. The Big Brother A Story of Indian War This, together with the making of the percussion caps, was the tedious part of all the preparations. The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen But a weapon which required a percussion cap for its discharge had nothing to do with Violet Heredith's death. The Hand in the Dark Chemistry advances, like the isolation of mercury fulminate in 1800, led to the invention of the percussion cap and other primers. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Some of the dueling pistols were inlaid with gold, and they all had flint-locks, as percussion caps had not been invented, nor hair triggers. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis The other is a zinc ball, rather smaller than a cricket ball, filled with powder and covered with nipples, upon which are percussion caps. The Insurrection in Paris When peace breaks out, and holidays to the scene of the great war become fashionable, the woman of the estaminet is going to sell the percussion cap to the highest bidder. The Red Horizon Moreover, the percussion cap was unexploded, which seemed to make its presence in the grate even more difficult of explanation. The Hand in the Dark At this time it was reported to me that the Caledonia Rifle Company had no percussion caps, and but few rounds of cartridge. Troublous Times in Canada A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870 I had to content myself with percussion caps, powder and lead cannon. Confessions of Boyhood One of these got away during a delay caused by defective percussion caps on his executioner's revolver. Rebel Raider The bottom of the river bristled with torpedoes—kegs filled with powder, and surrounded with long prongs that rested upon percussion caps. The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict The strangeness of the discovery was intensified by the knowledge that percussion caps and muzzle-loading weapons had become antiquated with the advent of the breech-loader. The Hand in the Dark He placed a patch of cotton about the ball before ramming it in, and made sure that the powder showed in the nipple before putting on the percussion cap. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure The Countess was disappointed because the percussion cap was not exploded. The Lighted Match Then, there is a quantity of ammunition and ammunition-components in that closet under the workbench—cartridges, primed cartridge-shells, black and smokeless powder, cartridge-primers, percussion caps—but they are not part of the collection, either. Murder in the Gunroom What is the reason, our Government asked, that these gentle and unwarlike inhabitants of the Bahamas have so suddenly developed such an enormous appetite for percussion caps, rifles, cannon, and other instruments of warfare? The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II He raised the little lid with his finger-nail, and a shower of percussion caps fell on the bagatelle table. The Hand in the Dark MacLeod sent them Indian and half-breed trappers bearing orders for so much flour, so much tea, so many traps, so much powder and ball and percussion caps for their nigh obsolete guns. Burned Bridges You will find the explosives at do Freres connected with a percussion cap which was to have been touched while we were there this afternoon. The Lighted Match When Tom Tulliver went to school, he took some percussion caps with him that the other lads might suppose him to be familiar with the use of guns. Lost Leaders Then he rushed towards the captain, pulling the trigger of my gun, and pointing straight at the latter's head; the gun was not loaded, having only the old percussion caps on. Sketches From My Life By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha In the manufacture of percussion caps and detonators the copper blanks are cut from copper strips and stamped to the required shape. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise They all carried muzzle-loaders, either antiquated flintlocks, or guns sufficiently modern to be fitted with nipples for percussion caps. The Wings of the Morning Caps.—The inventor of percussion caps is not known, but we read of them as being made here as early as 1816, though they were not introduced into "the service" until 1839. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically The rappel was heard, the bathers hurriedly clad themselves, the ranks were formed, and the sharp, quick snap of the percussion caps told us the men were preparing their weapons for action. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) We pardon his puns, indeed we believe them to be inevitable, the flash of the percussion cap, the sparks of electricity, St. Elmo's stars, phosphorescent gleams, playing over the restless ocean of his fruitful imagination. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy At the eleventh annual meeting of the representatives of the Bavarian chemical industries at Regensburg, attention was drawn to the unhealthy nature of the process of charging percussion caps. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise If you notice," said his guide, "you'll see that a little device, like the old percussion cap is right by each of those charges of powder. The Boy With the U.S. Census In his right hand, between his forefinger and thumb, in the act of being placed upon the nipple of the gun, was a percussion cap. History of Kershaw's Brigade It was a clumsy, old-fashioned thing, but the Colonel saw the glint of a percussion cap upon the nipple, and knew that it was loaded. The Tragedy of the Korosko I secretly drew my Colt from my pocket and looked to see that each of the five chambers was loaded, and that each tube had its percussion cap. Vandemark's Folly It has been used in percussion caps, being stronger and quicker than nitro-glycerine. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise There we found property of every description, books, calicoes, tea, coffee, shoes, percussion caps, household and kitchen furniture, scattered in every direction, and mostly in water. The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate It may not be generally known that the important invention of the percussion cap is due to the scientific recreations of the English painter Shaw. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II Adolph put the percussion cap in its place and started the mechanism. Revenge! The tails went next, along with some percussion caps and cough candy, and some fig-paste from Constantinople. Roughing It, Part 1. When the lever flies off, it releases a strong spring, which forces the firing pin into a percussion cap. Over the Top He had no little spurts of wit like a spatter of water on a hot stove, but when he let out his joke it went off like a percussion cap. Brook Farm Historic and Personal Memoirs The details of your percussion cap are interesting. Elusive Isabel There were half a dozen men and boys about the door, amusing themselves with bursting percussion caps on the stone. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain The arms and ammunition were: one minie rifle, eight double-barrel guns, nine revolver pistols, 25 pounds gunpowder, 150 pounds shot and balls, percussion caps, etc. Journals of Australian Explorations He took down from its pegs an awkward smooth-bore rifle and carefully examined the enormous percussion cap that was fitted over the nipple. The Little Regiment Quinine among drugs, and percussion caps among ordnance stores were the things they most coveted, and dealers in these carried on their trade under pretence of being spies for each side in turn. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 "If the percussion cap works," supplemented Mr. Grimm. Elusive Isabel The minuteness of our search will appear in the number of exploded percussion caps, shot, and other small articles that were found in various places. Schwatka's Search Lord, it was all we could do to get percussion caps. The Crisis — Complete —Good Lord, it was all we could do to get percussion caps. The Crisis — Volume 07 On the other hand, he strongly opposed the introduction of the percussion cap as opposed to the flint and steel in the musket. Through the Magic Door "It is only a request from the secretary of war that I be permitted to meet the inventor of the wireless percussion cap," Mr. Grimm explained carelessly. Elusive Isabel Perhaps it is a snow-knife, or a sled, or a dog, or now, that many of them are armed with firelocks, the price paid may be a handful of powder and a dozen percussion caps. Schwatka's Search Lastly there was always the consciousness that no mistake must be made, since with but four percussion caps it could not be retrieved. Allan and the Holy Flower Blue lights are quite invaluable if fitted with percussion caps. Ismailia One of them was a single-barrelled, smooth bore, fitted for percussion caps—a roer we called it—which threw a three-ounce ball, and was charged with a handful of coarse black powder. Allan's Wife It is a variation of the well-known percussion cap or fuse by which mines and torpedoes are exploded. Elusive Isabel The only things found in the tomb were a large brass buckle and a percussion cap. Schwatka's Search As it happened, Mr. Smyth had left me with the rifle a large supply of specially cast bullets and of the new percussion caps, to say nothing of some very fine imported powder. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Cyrus Harding could certainly have fabricated a percussion cap. The Mysterious Island "Here goes for another of you," thought I, feeling in my pouch for a percussion cap. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life Weapons:—2 flint-lock guns, 2 for percussion caps, 2 breach-loader carbines, 5 boarding cutlasses, 4 sabers, 2 barrels of powder, each containing twenty-five pounds; 12 boxes of percussion caps. The Mysterious Island I took the cover from my rifle, put a fresh percussion cap upon it, and then, being in much pain, lay down again. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life He had brought with him, amongst other weapons, what in those days was considered a very beautiful hair-triggered small-bore rifle fitted with a nipple for percussion caps, then quite a new invention. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain |
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