Impact Firecrackers - John Donner

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1、ImpactFirecrackersbyJohnDonnerrevisedNovember1996TableofContentsSectionPageI.Introduction1II.Chemicals3III.GlobeTorpedoes6IV.CapTorpedoes10V.CaneTorpedoes12VI.MoreCapTorpedoes15VII.CharlesNelson'sClayTorpedoes17VII.CrackerBalls20VIII.AutoTireBlow-outSimulator22IX.ExplodingBlowGunDarts24X.B

2、ibliography27XI.EndNotes29ImpactFirecrackersIntroductionImpactFirecrackersresultsfromseveralyearsofexperimentationwithdifferentmethodsofmakingold-fashionedtoytorpedofireworks.ImpactFirecrackersisnotintendedasacomprehensivetextforthenovicepyrotechnist.ImpactFirecrackersdescribesconstruc-tio

3、nofsomeoftheoldfireworkstorpedoes,mostofwhichhavenotbeenaccuratelydetailedinpreviousliterature.Scantattentionispaidheretobasiclabprocedureorbasicpyrotechnicsafetyprocedures--aknowledgeoftheseispresumedforanyonewhomightseriouslycontemplatereproducingtheexperimentalproceduresinthisreport.Nev

4、ertheless,IreferanyonewhoneedsbasicsafetytrainingtoWeingart'sPyrotechnicsandtoLancaster'sFireworks:PrinciplesandPracticeasgoodsourcesforsafetyinformation.Theauthorof"ImpactFirecrackers"merelydescribesprocedures,anddoesnotadvocateduplicatingtheworkrecordedinthispaper.ImpactFirecrackersisdiv

5、idedintothreesections:abriefintroduction,asectiononchemicalsusedinthisprocess,eightsectionsthatdescribesmall-scale,experimentalmanufac-tureoftorpedoes,annotatedbibliography,andendnotes.Manyyearsagotoytorpedoes,impactactuatedexplodingfireworks,wereverypopularfireworksitemsintheU.S.--particu

6、larlypopularwithyoungladies.Fireworksmanufacturersproducedmanysizesandkinds,usingavarietyofexplosivecompositionsbeforetheywerefinallybannedinthelate1950's.Thetiny"Snap'n'Pops"oftodayaremereshadowsofthetoytorpedoesonceavailable.Someofthemorefamousvarietiesofthatbygoneerawerethesilvertorpedo

7、,GlobeTorpedo,thetubetypetorpedo,the"safetytorpedo",thecrackerball,theball-typecap,andtheso-called"Japanesecaptorpedo".Patentdocumentsrevealmanykindsoftorpedoesofwhichtheinventorsthoughtwellenoughtoexpendtheconsiderabletime1andmoneyinherentinthepatentprocess()