. Spons' dictionary of engineering, civil, mechanical, military, and naval; with technical terms in French, German, Italian, and Spanish . e made of similarmaterial, and wound thereon, at nearly right angles to the former twist, by the operation which Icall countering, hereinafter described, and I then immerse them in a bath of heated varnish, andadd to them afterwards a coat of whiting, bran, or other suitable powdery substance, to preventthem from sticking together, or to the fingers of those who handle them ; and I thereby also defendthem from wet or moisture, or other deterioration, and I
. Spons' dictionary of engineering, civil, mechanical, military, and naval; with technical terms in French, German, Italian, and Spanish . e made of similarmaterial, and wound thereon, at nearly right angles to the former twist, by the operation which Icall countering, hereinafter described, and I then immerse them in a bath of heated varnish, andadd to them afterwards a coat of whiting, bran, or other suitable powdery substance, to preventthem from sticking together, or to the fingers of those who handle them ; and I thereby also defendthem from wet or moisture, or other deterioration, and I cut off the same fuze in such lengths asoccasion may require for use ; each of these lengths constituting, when so cut off, a fuze for blastingof rocks and mining, and I use them either under water or on land, in quarries of stone and minesfor detaching portions of rocks, or stone, or mine, as occasions require, in the manner long practisedby and well known to miners and blasters of rock. In Fig. 3100 I represent that part of the manu-facture of my fuze called twisting, the yarn or other material being assumed to be already prepared. and spim loosely, and wound into balls in the way commonly used and well known to manu-facturers of twine and cord ; and I also therein represent the mode of charging the fuze with thecombustible. 1608 FUZE.
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