fuze PLUG EXTRACTORS for | If required by kind of fuze |. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
fuze EXTRACTORS, wrench No. | If required by kind of fuze |. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
Similar terms are used in marking the sight and the fuze. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
Over this ring the top of the fuze case was marked in seconds. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
Their efficacy is in their recoil and the "graze" fuze they use. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
If the fuze had to be withdrawn, there was a fuze extractor for the job. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
In this respect the Bormann fuze has an advantage over the ordinary fuze. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
The main trouble with this fuze, however, was that it did not always ignite!. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
A fuze-saw must be at hand during practice to cut the fuze the required length. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
The best effect of a percussion-fuze is obtained by firing into a mass of timber. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
Cutting-tool for opening the Bormann fuze, one in each box of shell and shrapnel. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
Hitherto no certain or efficient time-fuze has been adopted for rifled howitzers. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
An iron tube fuze was screwed into a small hole in the back or side of the weapon. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
The ends of the match were crossed into a sort of rosette at the head of the fuze. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
To set the fuze, the fuze man merely turned a movable ring to the proper time mark. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
The length of fuze is the limit of the distance within which this fire is effective. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
When provided with the Bormann fuze, the shrapnel, or shell, as issued, is complete. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
For greater or less distances this fuze may be drawn, and any of the others substituted. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
No reliable percussion or concussion-fuze has as yet been arranged for spherical shells. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
The mortar did not use a wad, because a wad prevented the fuze of the shell from igniting. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
A Hotchkiss front percussion fuze (fig. 42e) had a brass case which screwed into the shell. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
The flame escaped through vents, three to five in number, around the fuze hole of the shell. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
The Bormann fuze is fitted to the 24-pdr. and 12-pdr. howitzer ammunition, and all shrapnell. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
At other times uncap the fuze suited to the distance, and the one of longest time of burning. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
Where the firing is not hurried it is advisable to raise the priming of the fuze, to insure its ignition. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
Time-fuzes are also very unreliable in rifle-guns; expanding projectiles cut off the flame from the fuze. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
In later years, however, such projections were replaced by two "ears," little recesses beside the fuze hole. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
United States 12-inch mortar fuze (fig. 42c), 7 inches long and burning 49 seconds, was much like the earlier fuze. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
The Loader must be careful not to touch the fuze composition with his fingers, for fear of injuring it by moisture. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
This fuze is opened at the required number of seconds, by cutting close to the right of the mark on the index-plate. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
With the Parrott shell, however, the Navy time-fuze is the most certain of ignition and regular in its time of burning. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
All spherical shells, except those for the 24 and 12 pdr. howitzer, and all shrapnell, are fitted with the Navy time-fuze. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
Their bombs were hemispheres of stone or bronze, joined together with hoops and exploded by means of a primitive powder fuze. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
The percussion fuze was an extremely important development of the nineteenth century, particularly for the long-range rifles. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
It had a single hole where the powder was funneled in -- full, but not enough to pack too tightly when the fuze was driven in. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
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