safety fuse

This piece of safety fuse dates from the mid-20th century.

Given the known perils, there had to be a safety fuse.

The rational arguments for this safety fuse were too compelling.

He uncovered the safety fuse, but the matches were damp and would not light.

He turned to her abruptly, the words exploding as if a safety fuse had blown.

Safety fuse was a great advance in mining technology over the practice of filling holes with black powder.

He pointed to the spool of safety fuse.

Until the invention of the safety fuse by William Bickford in 1831, the practice was extremely dangerous.

Yet more than half of the appliances are at risk of damage even personal danger if fitted with the incorrect safety fuse.

Word of the reliability of Bickford's safety fuse spread, and was soon in large demand across world markets.

He is best known as the inventor of the safety fuse, which was inspired by watching a friend, James Bray making rope.

William Bickford, inventor of the safety fuse, lived and worked in Tuckingmill.

The bomb was probably detonated with a safety fuse, a slow-burning, cord-type material lit by hand.

I'm just the safety fuse.

Next out was the thirty-metre spool of safety fuse, looking a bit like a reel of green washing line.

Automatic weapons, five cakes of plastic explosive, two detonators and a safety fuse were found in the trunk of his car.

The detonator was initially replaced by a small length of safety fuse terminated with a black powder igniter charge.

A spool of Bickford safety fuse.

The nonelectric ones that we'd be using for the compromise device are initiated by the safety fuse burning into them, and cannot be tested.

In 1831, Cornishman William Bickford patented the safety fuse.

Unlike dynamite safety fuse, visco fuse burns with a visible external flame.

It could even be detonated by installing a standard firing coupler with a fuse cap and safety fuse.

The safety fuse is a type of fuse invented and patented by William Bickford in 1831.

Six lengths of safety fuse, two reels of insulating tape, and two cutting pliers.

The safety fuse or 'burning fuze' burned at a reliable rate and greatly reduced the number of deaths and injuries associated with hard rock mining.