The detonator, comprising fulminate of mercury, is placed in the head or tail of the missile.

A contrivance in a bomb containing fulminate of mercury, which, ignited by a fuse, explodes the charge.

This is fulminate of mercury.

When setting off a charge, a cap containing some fulminate of mercury is put over the end of the fuse.

Arab jealousy is about as quick as fulminate of mercury: as unreasonable, from a western viewpoint, as a love-sick woman's.

The nose of the torpedo strikes the side of the battleship and the compact jars the primer of fulminate of mercury.

The low and high explosives are differentiated, and the sensitiveness of fulminate of mercury and other detonators is clearly pointed out.

This ignites the fuse, which burns down and sets off the detonator, charged with fulminate of mercury, which explodes the main charge of ammonia.

The wafer is composed of a cap of cartridge-paper, enclosing a layer of fulminate of mercury combined with a small quantity of mealed powder.

Early attempts to produce percussion fuzes were unsuccessful, but the discovery of fulminate of mercury in 1799 finally afforded the means of attaining this object.

He calmly sat down in an arm chair, leaning back as he carefully balanced the deadly little box of fulminate of mercury on his knee.

Fulminate of mercury has been found most serviceable for the latter purpose.