fulminating powder

American  

noun

1. powder that explodes by percussion.

2. a fulminate.

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fulminating powder British  

noun

1. powder that detonates by percussion

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Etymology

Origin of fulminating powder

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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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