It is still the commonest detonator, but it is now usually mixed with other substances; the British service uses for percussion caps 6 parts of fulminate, 6 of potassium chlorate and 4 of antimony sulphide, and for time fuses 4 parts of fulminate, 6 of potassium chlorate and 4 of antimony sulphide, the mixture being damped with a shellac varnish; for use in blasting, a home office order of 1897 prescribes a mixture of 4 parts of fulminate and 1 of potassium chlorate. [Please select]
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This silence damped me. [Please select]
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"What has damped our noble courage this morning." [Please select]
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The lightness of her words damped his ardor, and brought back the sense of failure. [Please select]
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Miss Celia laughed, and rather damped his ardor by her next words. [Please select]
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CHAPTER VI The little incident, trivial in itself, damped the general ardour for roulette. [Please select]
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"Yes," said I, a little damped, "to be sure there is a highwayman--" "Come, that's better." [Please select]
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