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fulminating powder

noun

  1. powder that explodes by percussion.
  2. a fulminate.


fulminating powder

noun

  1. powder that detonates by percussion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fulminating powder1

First recorded in 1795–1805
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But his interest is a smokeless powder like the fulminating powder of the cap, whose value is solely to set fire to the powder of the scholar when the trigger is pulled.

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You must have swallowed a fulminating powder!'

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In 1807 the Rev. Alexander John Forsyth obtained a patent for priming with a fulminating powder made of chlorate of potash, sulphur and charcoal, which exploded by concussion.

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To make mercurial fulminating powder, 80 80.

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To make the common fulminating powder, 80 79.

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