Explosions

Examples

• Many of them are aimed at gas, and there are several grim summaries of death and fires due to gas-leaks or explosions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Explosions have occurred, however, in cases where it is extremely doubtful whether gas has been present in dangerous quantity, and attention has been drawn to the possible causes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We have seen, in treating of safes and locks, how burglars keep pace with the latest inventions to protect property by the use of dynamite and nitro-glycerine explosions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Dangerous boiler explosions have occurred because the boiler walls were not strong enough to withstand the pressure of the steam (which is water in the form of gas). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The reason why those little preliminary explosions took place was that a little had spattered out on the edge of the filter paper, and had dried first and exploded. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Explosions of coal-gas were only too common in the mines of England. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The early breech-loaders had been discarded, as it was not known how to make the breech gas-tight, and the explosions rendered the guns more dangerous to their users than to the enemy. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• But the number of disastrous explosions has not been materially reduced. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Amy teased Jo, and Jo irritated Amy, and semioccasional explosions occurred, of which both were much ashamed afterward. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• But numerous explosions of boilers on the North American rivers have operated as a caution against the introduction of high-pressure engines in steam-boats in this country. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• My regiment lost four commissioned officers, all senior to me, by steamboat explosions during the Mexican war. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Why are Windows Broken by Explosions? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The students were shouting half-articulated words that tailed off in helpless explosions. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The pain from the pricking of the skin by the needles is exasperating; but when the explosions of the cartridges commence the animal becomes frantic. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Explosions, Mr. Blake, are infinitely milder than they were. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Callous indifference and explosions from strain alternate. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Colliery explosions of fire-damp (marsh gas) became alarmingly frequent, especially in the north of England. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Several explosions took place in consequence, in one of which twenty-three men were killed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He employs two different mixtures, one a feebly explosive mixture, and the other a strongly explosive mixture, used to operate on the piston and thus prolong the explosions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The enemy must have lost more in the two explosions than we did in the firSt. We lost none in the second. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• But very dexterous at producing explosions, the gypsy said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• A great noise was produced by these constant explosions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Storm, who in that year took out a gunpowder engine patent in the United States, in which the air was compressed by the explosions of small charges of gunpowder. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• A society, however, was formed to protect the miners from injury thr ough gas explosions, and Davy was asked for advice. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• After an interval the explosions ceased, but the flames still shot up from various quarters; the dome of St. Sophia had disappeared. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

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