Railroad torpedo

NS 5%(suitable for ignition rather than for detonation) and b)K chlorate 55 Pb thiocyanate 45% E)Colored smokes K chlorate 22-33, dye 30-50, Na or K bicarbonate 3-10, confectioner s sugar or lactose 20-35, kerosene or paraffin oil 2-4, kieselguhr 0-4 red iron oxide 0-3% F) Plastic Bonded colored smoke K chlorate 23, dye 51, sugar 18 K bicarbonate 8% combined with 2.2 parts of polyvinyl acetate plasticized by dichloro-methane and dried by evapn G) Cap mixtures a)K chlorate 67, red P 27, S 3 pptd Ca carbonate 3%, bound with unspecified amt of gum water and b)K chlorate 61, red P 4, black Sb sulfide 21,pptd Ca carbonate 2 animal glue 12% H)Railroad torpedo K chlorate 40, S 16, sand(60 mesh) 37, binder 5 8r neutralizer 2% I)Whistling compns K chlorate 73-77, gallic acid 24-19 red gum 3-4%(Ref 26,pp 270-80)... 

Certain foreign railroad torpedoes are actuated by a primer and a BlkPdr charge confined in a metal capsule (Ref 6, p 182)... 

Signals, Railroad. See under Railway Fusee , Railroad Torpedo , etc, in this Vol... 

It is obvious that the manufacturers of the few utilitarian products of civilian pyrotechnics are as reluctant to broadcast their formulas and techniques as are the fireworks people, and information on such things as railroad torpedoes and fusees is scarce. The match industry is more... 

Certain foreign railroad torpedos are actuated by a primer and a... 

The T39 will function with 10 microseconds from the discharge of a 0.001-fif condenser charged at 1000 volts. It was pianued to use T39 in the firing device of railroad type torpedo (Ref 42b, p 654)... 

A railway torpedo consists of a flat tin box, of about an ounce capacity, filled with a fulminating composition and having a strip of lead, soldered to it, which may be bent in order to hold it in place upon the railroad track. It explodes when the first wheel of the locomotive strikes it, and produces a signal which is audible to the engineer above the noise of the train. Railway tor-... 

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