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Detonating primerDetonating Det"o*na`ting, a. & n.
from Detonate.
Detonating gas, a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with
one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report
upon ignition.
Detonating powder, any powder or solid substance, as
fulminate of mercury, which when struck, explodes with
violence and a loud report.
Detonating primer, a primer exploded by a fuse; -- used to
explode gun cotton in blasting operations.
Detonating tube, a strong tube of glass, usually graduated,
closed at one end, and furnished with two wires passing
through its sides at opposite points, and nearly meeting,
for the purpose of exploding gaseous mixtures by an
electric spark, as in gas analysis, etc. Friction primerFtiction Ftic"tion, n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to
rub: cf. F. friction. See Fray to rub, arid cf.
Dentifrice.]
1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of
another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the
body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to
excite the skin to healthy action.
2. (Mech.) The resistance which a body meets with from the
surface on which it moves. It may be resistance to sliding
motion, or to rolling motion.
3. A clashing between two persons or parties in opinions or
work; a disagreement tending to prevent or retard
progress.
Angle of friction (Mech.), the angle which a plane onwhich
a body is lying makes with a horizontal plane,when the
hody is just ready to slide dewn the plane.
Note: This angle varies for different bodies, and for planes
of different materials.
Anti-friction wheels (Mach.), wheels turning freely on
small pivots, and sustaining, at the angle formed by their
circumferences, the pivot or journal of a revolving shaft,
to relieve it of friction; -- called also friction
wheels.
Friction balls, or
Friction rollers, balls or rollers placed so as to receive
the pressure or weight of bodies in motion, and relieve
friction, as in the hub of a bicycle wheel.
Friction brake (Mach.), a form of dynamometer for measuring
the power a motor exerts. A clamp around the revolving
shaft or fly wheel of the motor resists the motion by its
friction, the work thus absorbed being ascertained by
observing the force required to keep the clamp from
revolving with the shaft; a Prony brake.
Friction chocks, brakes attached to the common standing
garrison carriages of guns, so as to raise the trucks or
wheels off the platform when the gun begins to recoil, and
prevent its running back. --Earrow.
Friction clutch, Friction coupling, an engaging and
disengaging gear for revolving shafts, pulleys, etc.,
acting by friction; esp.:
(a) A device in which a piece on one shaft or pulley is so
forcibly pressed against a piece on another shaft that
the two will revolve together; as, in the
illustration, the cone a on one shaft, when thrust
forcibly into the corresponding hollow cone b on the
other shaft, compels the shafts to rotate together, by
the hold the friction of the conical surfaces gives.
(b) A toothed clutch, one member of which, instead of
being made fast on its shaft, is held by friction and
can turn, by slipping, under excessive strain or in
starting.
Friction drop hammer, one in which the hammer is raised for
striking by the friction of revolving rollers which nip
the hammer rod.
Friction gear. See Frictional gearing, under
Frictional.
Friction machine, an electrical machine, generating
electricity by friction.
Friction meter, an instrument for measuring friction, as in
testing lubricants.
Friction powder, Friction composition, a composition of
chlorate of potassium, antimony, sulphide, etc, which
readily ignites by friction.
Friction primer, Friction tube, a tube used for firing
cannon by means of the friction of a roughened wire in the
friction powder or composition with which the tube is
filled.
Friction wheel (Mach.), one of the wheels in frictional
gearing. See under Frictional. great primerPrimer Prim"er, n. [Originally, the book read at prime, the
first canonical hour. LL. primae liber. See Prime, n., 4.]
1. Originally, a small prayer book for church service,
containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a
work of elementary religious instruction.
The primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
2. A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a
reading or spelling book for a beginner.
As he sat in the school at his prymer. --Chaucer.
3. (Print.) A kind of type, of which there are two species;
one, called long primer, intermediate in size between
bourgeois and small pica [see Long primer]; the other,
called great primer, larger than pica.
Note: Great primer type. Long primer
Long primer Long" prim"er (Print.)
A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois.
Note: This line is printed in long primer.
long primerPrimer Prim"er, n. [Originally, the book read at prime, the
first canonical hour. LL. primae liber. See Prime, n., 4.]
1. Originally, a small prayer book for church service,
containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a
work of elementary religious instruction.
The primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
2. A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a
reading or spelling book for a beginner.
As he sat in the school at his prymer. --Chaucer.
3. (Print.) A kind of type, of which there are two species;
one, called long primer, intermediate in size between
bourgeois and small pica [see Long primer]; the other,
called great primer, larger than pica.
Note: Great primer type. Pack and primePack Pack, n.
1. (Med.) In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or
sheets called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc.,
according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used,
put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact
or condition of being so treated.
2. (Rugby Football) The forwards who compose one half of the
scrummage; also, the scrummage.
Pack and prime road or way, a pack road or bridle way. To prime a pumpPrime Prime, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Primed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Priming.] [From Prime, a.]
1. To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a
primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
2. To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a
surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.
3. To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to
post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are
primed for mischief. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
4. To trim or prune, as trees. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
5. (Math.) To mark with a prime mark.
To prime a pump, to charge a pump with water, in order to
put it in working condition.
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