fulminating powder
Americannoun
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powder that explodes by percussion.
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a fulminate.
noun
Etymology
Origin of fulminating powder
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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Some fireworks require an hour's duration for the expansion of their glory; others, as if formed from fulminating powder, expire in the very act of birth.
From Biographical Essays by De Quincey, Thomas
It is a small miniature case containing twelve copper cartridges, such as are used in a Smith & Wesson pocket pistol, a bundle of sensitive friction matches, a strip of sand-paper, and some fulminating powder.
From Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State by Field, Stephen Johnson
Gracious God!" he exclaimed, while the cold sweat poured like rain-drops down his forehead, "the fire has caught the fulminating powder!
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various
The fulminating powder, being in the base of the cartridge, is exploded by the blow of the hammer, which falls directly upon it.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 by Various
To make the common fulminating powder, 80 79.
From A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. by Unknown, Various
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