powder n: powder can
powder n [He] remembers using explosive powder cans.to help free ships when they were stuck or jammed in heavy ice. The can was filled with powder nailed to a long stick and a long fuse was fitted in a small screwed cover on top. It was sealed water tight, and spread over the ice. The stick with the...
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| Summary: | powder n [He] remembers using explosive powder cans.to help free ships when they were stuck or jammed in heavy ice. The can was filled with powder nailed to a long stick and a long fuse was fitted in a small screwed cover on top. It was sealed water tight, and spread over the ice. The stick with the powder can and attached fuse were pushed below the ice.The fuse was lit and when the can exploded it helped break up the ice around the ship. These explosive cans were placed some 100 fet away from the ship. PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup [illustrtion on next card. Consider this for DNE powder n comb, before _powder devil_] [Interesting technique: I'm familiar only with the use of sticks of dynamite used to blast channels through _heavy_ ice.] G. M. Story MAR. 28 1988 WK Used I and Sup Used Sup Used Sup |
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