Igniting a flammable gas is, naturally, a hazardous process. But using the correct fuel minimizes the risk. Acetylene,gasoline, gunpowder and oxygen are dangerous, and spud guns should never use these fuels. Stray projectiles can cause property damage, serious injuries and death. An ideal spud g...
You might wonder how a human cannonball can survive the act unscathed by gunpowder burns. The fact is, there's actually no gunpowder used in these big cannons (and, historically, never has been), which can be more than 30 feet (9 meters) long [source: American Profile]. Instead, modern...
When gunpowder was used to create personal handguns and rifles, a new type of soldier was created: infantry. Photo shows a Revolutionary War reenactment at Fort Ward Historic Site in Alexandria, Virginia. (Image credit: Igor Vorobyov, Dreamstime) Each Monday, this column turns a page in ...
But there’s also the wadding used to hold the gunpowder in place instead of the bullet. That gets expelled when you pull the trigger. And while it’s just paper or wax, if you’re close enough to it, it can do serious damage, such as what happened in the death of actor Jon-Erik...
The Assassins used their martyr tactics to pursue political ends, spreading terror and awe through the crowds who bore witness to their attacks. The sect was eventually wiped out by the invading Mongol hordes in 1257, but its legacy would continue centuries later. The development of gunpowder mad...
In this way, the pump is constantly pushing out fluid, allowing a continuous stream of fuel (and therefore a constant blast of fire). Soon after this sort of weaponry came into use, it was eclipsed by another pyrotechnic technology: gunpowder. Over the next thousand years, gunpowder ...
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All that we vainly hope for from life is granted vicariously.PASSAGE THREEIt is now June 1567. Two months previously the explosion to Kirk O"Field, which awakened Edinburgh, startled courts as far away as Rome. In the flash of gunpowder, England, France, and the Holy See received a pin-...
"You never look down the barrel of a loaded spud gun, no matter what type it is." Igniting a flammable gas is, naturally, a hazardous process. But using the correct fuel minimizes the risk. Acetylene, gasoline, gunpowder and oxygen are dangerous, and spud guns should never use these ...
there might have been a kid in your neighborhood who learned how to make gunpowder. And that kid probably built bigger and bigger bombs until he either got bored or did some serious damage to himself. Creating a virus is a little like that -- it creates a virtual bomb inside a computer...