bickford fuse

  • 1Bickford fuse — Bick ford fuse or Bickford fuze Bick ford fuze, or Bickford match Bickford match A fuse used in blasting, consisting of a long cylinder of explosive material inclosed in a varnished wrapping of rope or hose. It burns from 2 to 4 feet a minute.… …

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  • 2bickford fuse — ˈbikfə(r)d noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: after William Bickford died 1834 English leather merchant, its inventor : safety fuse 1 …

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  • 3Bickford fuze — Bickford fuse Bick ford fuse or Bickford fuze Bick ford fuze, or Bickford match Bickford match A fuse used in blasting, consisting of a long cylinder of explosive material inclosed in a varnished wrapping of rope or hose. It burns from 2 to 4… …

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  • 4Bickford match — Bickford fuse Bick ford fuse or Bickford fuze Bick ford fuze, or Bickford match Bickford match A fuse used in blasting, consisting of a long cylinder of explosive material inclosed in a varnished wrapping of rope or hose. It burns from 2 to 4… …

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  • 5Fuse (explosives) — In an explosive, pyrotechnic device or military munition, a fuse (or fuze) is the part of the device that initiates function. In common usage, the word fuse is used indiscriminately. However, when being specific (and in particular in a military… …

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  • 6Ensign-Bickford Company — The Ensign Bickford Industries, Incorporated (formerly The Ensign Bickford Company) was started in 1836 in Simsbury, Connecticut as a manufacturer of William Bickford s safety fuse for use in mining. Safety fuse was a great advance in mining… …

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  • 7William Bickford — (1774 1834) was born in Ashburton, Devon, England, and moved to first Truro and then Tuckingmill in Cornwall, where he worked as a currier. Tuckingmill was then in the heart of the Cornish mining industry, and Bickford would have been aware of… …

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  • 8Tuckingmill — The parish of Tuckingmill was constituted in 1845 being carved out of a western section of the parish of Illogan and an easterly section of Camborne parish and it covers 1300 acres. Tucking Mill was the Cornish term for a fulling mill which was… …

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  • 9Огнепроводный шнур —         (a. safety fuse, blasting fuse, Bickford fuse; н. Zundschnur; ф. meche, cordeau bickford; и. mecha) предназначен для инициирования капсюля детонатора при огневом взрывании. Состоит из сердцевины из слабо спрессованного дымного пороха c… …

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  • 10огнепроводный шнур — — [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy slovar neftegazovoy promyishlennosti/] Тематики нефтегазовая промышленность EN Bickford fuseblasting fuseigniting fusesafety fusetime delay fuse …

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