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Meanings of mercury fulminate in English

Russian
фульминат ртути
Portuguese
fulminante de mercúrio
Spanish
fulminato de mercurio
Catalan
fulminat de mercuri
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Chemical compound.

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фульминат ртути
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Examples for "fulminating mercury"
Examples for "fulminating mercury"
1
They were arranging a percussion fuse of fulminating mercury.
The Captain of the Kansas
1
The detonator, comprising fulminate of mercury, is placed in the head or tail of the missile.
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War
2
A contrivance in a bomb containing fulminate of mercury, which, ignited by a fuse, explodes the charge.
"Over the Top," by an American Soldier Who Went / Together with ...
3
This is fulminate of mercury.
The Winds of the World
4
When setting off a charge, a cap containing some fulminate of mercury is put over the end of the fuse.
Boy Scouts in Southern Waters; Or, Spaniard's Treasure Chest
5
Arab jealousy is about as quick as fulminate of mercury: as unreasonable, from a western viewpoint, as a love-sick woman's.
Jimgrim and Allah's Peace
Usage of mercury fulminate in English
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It is ignited in such projectiles by a mercury -fulminate cap that sets off a fuse containing powdered magnesium-thestuff photographers employ for flashlights.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights