It took the detonation from his mercury fulminate blasting cap to initiate the explosion. |
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So many things to get a bunyip upset, so little time to fulminate about them. |
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At least the anointed will be able to indulge in conspicuous displays of moral vanity as they fulminate publicly. |
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But resisting his blandishments, the German foreign minister began to fulminate for the cameras. |
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A percussion cap filled with fulminate of mercury was placed above the barrel. |
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Liberals fulminate constantly against outrageous conservative obstruction, yet often seem nevertheless surprised by its effectiveness. |
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You can score a fulminate success, but at a certain point you can come to a standstill and fail. |
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While in Paris, Liebig investigated the dangerous explosive silver fulminate, a salt of fulminic acid. |
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In its inaugural proclamation, its founders fulminate against the profession of economics. |
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It's a pity that those who fulminate against the protesters can't summon up the same fury for those who landed us in this dire mess. |
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A December budget crunch saw Nancy Pelosi, the Democrats' boss in the House, fulminate against her own president's willingness to cut deals with Republicans. Greybeards counsel calm. |
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The biggest change concerned the disappearing of the explosive tube, too dangerous, for a hollow channel communicating the flame from a fulminate starter in the fuse head. |
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The embarked explosive load was a 2 grammes fulminate detonator. |
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The percussion fuses functioned with the effects of the inertia: a small sliding inertia block, maintained against the back wall of its housing by a safety spring, carried a mercury fulminate starter. |
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I shall continue to eat and drink what I like in moderation and scientists can go and fulminate in their laboratories to their heart's content. |
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Snap The problem with some crackers is that the chemical used to create the trademark 'snap' is silver fulminate, which can be unstable. |
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The original caps used chlorate of potash with fulminate of mercury, but most modern primers use lead azide, potassium per-chlorate or lead styphnate. |
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