Detonating
['dɛtə,net]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detonate
(a. & n.) from Detonate.
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Examples
- In 1807 he patented in England detonating powder and pellets which were used for artillery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Alexander John Forsyth, a Scotch clergyman, was the first to apply a percussion or detonating compound, as set forth in his British patent No. 3,032, of 1807. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Cavallo, who suggested the setting fire to combustibles, or the explosion of detonating substances, as the means of signalling intelligence. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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