The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . TheRussian rocket has a short stickattached to the base and armedwith a hook which slides ina groove on the under side ofthe rocket-stand and engagesthe ring of the chain attachedto the line as the rocket leavesthe stand. The German sys-tem comprises five-centime-ter and eight-centimeter rock-ets and eight-centimeter an-chor-rockets, all of which havelong chains attached to therocket-stick at one end and tothe line at the other. The Eng-lish system consists o
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . TheRussian rocket has a short stickattached to the base and armedwith a hook which slides ina groove on the under side ofthe rocket-stand and engagesthe ring of the chain attachedto the line as the rocket leavesthe stand. The German sys-tem comprises five-centime-ter and eight-centimeter rock-ets and eight-centimeter an-chor-rockets, all of which havelong chains attached to therocket-stick at one end and tothe line at the other. The Eng-lish system consists of doubleBoxer rockets placed end to endin a single metallic case, havinga stick fastened to one side ofthe case. The Hooper rocket isa modification of the Hale war-rocket, and was very unsatis-factory in its results. All theserockets have metallic cases, andare fired by nieans of fuses. Theuncei-tiiinty of their flight andtheir liability to dett-riorationby :ition and storagehave prrvciited their adoptionfor life-^tiviiig purposes in the United States, (c) Signal-or sky-rockets, pasteboard cylinders filled with nearly. Life-saving I. Rocket before fir-ing : a, rocket proper; c,metal rod connecting rocketwith a float d carrjing atorch f, which burns afterthe rocket strikes the , showing at night posi-tion of line /; g, rod towhich line / is attached:A, fuse. Fie, 2. Rocket af-ter firing: lettering as % Rocket nroper: «,metallic shell filled with aslow-burning composition b,around a wooden core *, andsupplied with symmetricallyarranged vents as shown iofig. 4. rocket the same composition, but with a conical head containiiiRBlare t»f vari<»U8 in^redieuts and colors, and a quantity otpowder which, when the rocket has attained it» ^reateHtheight, bursts the cyliiuier, when the iKniled Btjtrs spreadthrough the air and cast a lirilliaiit or colored light pro-ducing a beantilul etfect. Iliese rocketa are used in sig-naling or for mere pyr
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