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sparticus
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 8:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rusty Edge wrote:
Soldering. Resin core solder is used for electronics. Acid core solder is used for plumbing. Acid is bad for electronics.



100% Correct - I was soldering.

Your turn Rusty Edge Smile
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 9:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Salty Dog wrote:
Mr. Blue wrote:
I don't know the answer, but I tried to invent a word for fear of thirteen electric Greek fire catapults. Its probably wrong, because I don't know how to inflect Greek words.

Dekatreiselektrikoikatapelteshellenesphotiaphobia

Try adding that to the dictionary, Mr. Spart. I definitely think its flamier.


I think you would stump a Spelling Bee with that one!!


I think I'd rather give you all time to forget it and then ask what it means on this thread.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 6:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wars were fought with black powder for centuries. When a new, more powerful, but less stable explosive was discovered, inventors tried to find a way to weaponize it.

How were the dynamite guns of the 1890s different from other artillery?
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 12:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rusty Edge wrote:
Wars were fought with black powder for centuries. When a new, more powerful, but less stable explosive was discovered, inventors tried to find a way to weaponize it.

How were the dynamite guns of the 1890s different from other artillery?
Were the projectiles lite before launching them ?
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 2:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sparticus wrote:
Rusty Edge wrote:
Wars were fought with black powder for centuries. When a new, more powerful, but less stable explosive was discovered, inventors tried to find a way to weaponize it.

How were the dynamite guns of the 1890s different from other artillery?
Were the projectiles lite before launching them ?


No, not that I know of.

Clue- the projectiles resembled darts, or sky rockets with tailfins.

The naval versions had some holes with salt plugs in them. If they landed in the water, the salt dissolved , and the shell started to sink. The influx of salt water closed the electrical circuit, detonating the shell. If it was close enough to a ship the explosion would stave in some planks below sea level, and the ship would sink, much as if it had been torpedoed. A direct hit to the superstructure was less likely to sink a ship.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 2:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Additional clue- The question was about how the gun was different.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 4:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rusty Edge wrote:
Additional clue- The question was about how the gun was different.
Yes - me and my not really reading the question.

How were the guns different.

Dynamite is ignited to set it off - so were the guns a sort of catapult so that there was no explosion to launch the dynamite - though this would only be good in close quarters combat .

But you said - If it was close enough to a ship the explosion would stave in some planks below sea level - so perhaps close quarters combat it was..
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 4:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spart, you are close enough, and I have to get ready to travel.

The dynamite was in the shell, not the propellant, as you have correctly surmised. But because dynamite can explode if handled too roughly, they used compressed air to launch it. This reduced pressure and allowed for lighter construction.

Torpedoes only had a range of 800 yards max at the time, much less for a moving target, so the dynamite gun was a superior alternative.

So dynamite guns were air guns. Then cordite was discovered and made them obsolete.

http://dawlishchronicles.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/dynamite-guns-brilliant-technical-dead.html The pictures are cool, even if you don't want to read the article.

Your turn, Spart.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 5:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rusty Edge wrote:
Spart, you are close enough, and I have to get ready to travel.

The dynamite was in the shell, not the propellant, as you have correctly surmised. But because dynamite can explode if handled too roughly, they used compressed air to launch it. This reduced pressure and allowed for lighter construction.

Torpedoes only had a range of 800 yards max at the time, much less for a moving target, so the dynamite gun was a superior alternative.

So dynamite guns were air guns. Then cordite was discovered and made them obsolete.

http://dawlishchronicles.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/dynamite-guns-brilliant-technical-dead.html The pictures are cool, even if you don't want to read the article.

Your turn, Spart.


Yes the Pics are Cool.

My question - where was the 1974 World's Fair held ?
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sparticus wrote:
Rusty Edge wrote:
Spart, you are close enough, and I have to get ready to travel.

The dynamite was in the shell, not the propellant, as you have correctly surmised. But because dynamite can explode if handled too roughly, they used compressed air to launch it. This reduced pressure and allowed for lighter construction.

Torpedoes only had a range of 800 yards max at the time, much less for a moving target, so the dynamite gun was a superior alternative.

So dynamite guns were air guns. Then cordite was discovered and made them obsolete.

http://dawlishchronicles.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/dynamite-guns-brilliant-technical-dead.html The pictures are cool, even if you don't want to read the article.

Your turn, Spart.


Yes the Pics are Cool.

My question - where was the 1974 World's Fair held ?


A Clue then - the other side of that same State that the 1974 World's Fair was held got toasted May 18, 1980.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I took a peek and saw the answer. I have been to the site of the 1974 World's Fair. They have an awesome Carosel there now. There are some waterfalls at the site too.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 6:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wild guess: Buffalo, NY.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Roland wrote:
Wild guess: Buffalo, NY.


Good guess - it had a World's fair - but 73 years earlier.

Buffalo, New York, United States, from May 1 through November 2, 1901



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have Spokane with just about everybody and they don't seem to know either. Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pirate wrote:
I have Spokane with just about everybody and they don't seem to know either. Smile


Good job - your turn Pirate.
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