It is now soluble in ether, and forms a gelatinous compound:--it explodes violently at a temperature which is insufficient for the combustion of gunpowder.
The principle upon which the safety lamp is constructed is, that a mixture of the fire-damp and atmospheric air in certain proportions explodes upon coming in contact with a flame.
The body shines by its own light, and then explodes like a sky-rocket, breaking into minute fragments too small to be any longer visible to the naked eye.
Indeed, from, as it would appear, slight electrical disturbances taking place in the gun cotton itself, it not unfrequently explodes spontaneously.
It was a better tone which Porphyry adopted in his letter to Anebo the Egyptian, in which, assuming the character of an inquirer consulting him, he unmasks and explodes these sacrilegious arts.
Divine Scripture in many placesexplodes this idea.
A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
When dry itexplodes violently on the slightest percussion.
Defn: In the breech mechanism of a firearm, the pin which strikes the head of the cartridge and explodes it.
All attempts to insulate fulminic acid have proved unsuccessful, as it explodes with the slightest decomposing force.
To regulate the time of burning of the wood fuze, a hole is bored through into the composition as before stated, so that when it has burnt down to this hole one of the side channels filled with powder is ignited and explodes the shell.
They are made of such a strength that during discharge nothing happens, but on striking an object the needle disc is crushed in and the needle explodes the detonating composition and thence the powder.
On the friction bar being sharply pulled out, by means of a lanyard, the composition is ignited and sets fire to the powder in the long tube; the flash is conveyed through the vent and explodes the gun charge.
As the ceiling is of wickerwork, a good deal of the grain drops through the crevices and falls into the fire, where it explodes with a crackling noise.
As I reached the spot, one of the boys remarked, "If that shell explodes before we get through, there will be no need of a grave for us.
Footnote 1: A dead shell is one that explodes at a predetermined time after it strikes--from one minute to several hours.
When the explosives on top are burnt out this plate, which has become red-hot, explodes the powder and bursts the bomb--that is the whole secret of the infernal machine.
The axles are spiked with keen-edged knives, and the wheels are filled with gunpowder, which ignites and explodeswhen the machine is set in motion.
Explodes when compounded directly with alcohol, glycerin, sugar, dry or fluid vegetable extracts.
Inflames or explodes with sulphuric acid and any organic powd.
One, with a most beautifully scalloped rim, fifteen by twenty feet in diameter, is always boiling, and occasionally explodes with great violence, shooting its water several feet into the air.
A few rods north of this spring, at the base of the hill, is a cavern whose mouth is about seven feet in diameter, from which a dense jet of sulphurous vapor explodes with a regular report like a high-pressure engine.
This explodesthe infidel systems of Fourierism, Socialism, Mormonism, and "Woman's Rights.
And this proof explodes the pretensions of Christianity to an "original divine revelation," and brings it down to a level with pagan orientalism.
The gas which first passes over is mixed with the air previously contained in the flask and tube, and is allowed to escape, since a mixture of hydrogen with oxygen or air explodes violently when brought in contact with a flame.
The affinity of hydrogen for oxygen is so great that a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen or hydrogen and air explodes with great violence when heated to the kindling temperature (about 612°).
Thus we find that coal burns in air, gunpowder explodes when ignited, milk sours when exposed to air.
Hence care must be taken not to bring a flame near the exit tube, since, as has been stated previously, such a mixture explodes with great violence when brought in contact with a flame.
A mixture of the two gases explodes violently when a spark is passed through it or when it is exposed to bright sunlight.
This cartridge, with a detonating cap on the bottom, drops upon a point and explodes the initial charge, which again explodes the charge in the mine.
The denial of the freedom of the will theoretically explodes it; but social custom, law, and opinion will enforce it still.
A light ray machine which explodes mines on land or sea.
The proof of the pudding will come Thursday night when and if the old boy explodes Mr. Johnson's mine.
Cutting The Deficit Now Any one of us can call for a tax cut, but I won't accept one thatexplodes the deficit or puts our recovery at risk.
We must all work together to stop the violence that explodes our emergency rooms.
If the point is filed or cut off a German infantry bullet, so that the nickel case is cut through and the lead core is laid bare, the bullet explodes when striking or penetrating an object.
The fuse of the mine continues burning, and the mine explodes in the tube and demolishes the stand and everything in its neighborhood.
He ponders the knowledge he possesses and tries to push it further, he guesses and checks his guess, he conjectures and confirms or explodes his conjecture.
A gun may be charged with powder and remain for years perfectly at rest until a touch on the trigger explodes the powder with tremendous effect.
As a red-hot shot sets fire to the Hermes and explodes her magazine, the impression deepens to apprehension, which, when the Sophia is reported sinking, ripens rapidly into conviction.
If mixed with three or four times its bulk of oxygen, or with common atmospheric air in much larger proportions, it explodes with great violence.
This gas burns with a yellowish flame, and when mixed with a certain proportion of air, or oxygen gas, explodes with great violence on the application of a flame.
It looks like a harmless reel of cotton before it explodes,--after it explodes the spectator is missing.
A small German shell which whizzes through the air and explodes with a "bang.
This ignites the fuse, which burns down and sets off the detonator, charged with fulminate of mercury, which explodes the main charge of ammonia.
A contrivance in a bomb containing fulminate of mercury, which, ignited by a fuse, explodes the charge.
Dry fulminate of mercury explodes violently when heated to 367 deg.
Nitro-glycerine alwaysexplodes violently, but when fired with an initiatory charge of fulminate of mercury it is much more powerful than when fired with gunpowder.
The steamer then rushes forward, and explodes its torpedo in contact with the hostile vessel.
The blow causes the cap to explode, and the explosion of the cap explodes the dynamite.
It carries a heavy charge either of guncotton or dynamite, which explodes when the torpedo strikes a solid object, such as a battle-ship.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "explodes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
