| 单词 | brown powder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrown powder brown powder n. now chiefly historical a brown-coloured type of gunpowder; = cocoa powder n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > explosive for use with firearms > specific serpentine powder1497 musket powder1644 black powder1793 percussion powder1819 wood powder1870 musketry powder1876 Schultze gunpowder1881 sawdust-powder1883 cocoa powder1884 brown powder1886 melinite1886 lyddite1888 rifleite1891 nitro powder1892 turpinite1895 nitro1900 shimose1904 1885 Globe 31 Jan. 2/3 The War Department has adopted the new brown gunpowder, known as the ‘cocoa’ powder..manufactured at..Waltham Abbey.] 1886 Engineering 7 May 447/1 Another great advantage the brown powder possesses is that it gives off a very much smaller volume of smoke. 1918 H. C. Ramsey Elem. Naval Ordnance & Gunnery x. 95 Black powder is still used to a limited extent for special purposes, and brown powder was used to a limited extent until a few years ago. 2008 J. S. Wallace Chem. Anal. Firearms, Ammunition, & Gunshot Residue 60 Brown powder (cocoa powder)..was the most successful form of black powder exhibiting better burning characteristics. < as lemmas |
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