Report of the British naval and military operations in Egypt, 1882 . A metal time fuze was used having a hexagonal head, on three sidesof which were chisel marks, Figs. 20 and 21. These sides had eacha hole plugged with a soft resinous composition. It is supposed thatthe marks corresponded to three known times of burning, but the fuzecould not be opened for investigation. The other time fuzes were of the well-known Boxer type. In somecases they bore the British broad arrowy and were packed in boxes onwhich were pasted instructions for use from the British Royal Labora-tory. The mortar time fuz
Report of the British naval and military operations in Egypt, 1882 . A metal time fuze was used having a hexagonal head, on three sidesof which were chisel marks, Figs. 20 and 21. These sides had eacha hole plugged with a soft resinous composition. It is supposed thatthe marks corresponded to three known times of burning, but the fuzecould not be opened for investigation. The other time fuzes were of the well-known Boxer type. In somecases they bore the British broad arrowy and were packed in boxes onwhich were pasted instructions for use from the British Royal Labora-tory. The mortar time fuzes were of the usual pattern. The longest of thesefuzes burns for 69 seconds. For primers, an ordinary friction tube of the cross pattern was em-ployed, as well as another type in which the fulminate is packed in themain tube and is exploded by a fine twisted wire passing through one smooth-bore gun a quick-match was found in the vent. On the part of the Egyptians, at least, the manner of carrying onthe action was that of the last century. An enemy of to-day
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