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fulminating powder
noun
- powder that explodes by percussion.
- a fulminate.
fulminating powder
noun
- powder that detonates by percussion
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fulminating powder1
First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences
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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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