Additional Note:
Quote from patent #38994, Tice Fuze:
"I propose to use in the chamber s a mixture of about three parts, by weight, of fulminate of silver and one part of cotton, gun-cotton, sawdust, or other soft material, the soft material being to prevent accidental or premature explosion; and I place in the said chamber, both before and behind the fulminate mixture, small cushions v v, or wads of cotton, or other soft material; but I prefer to use gun-cotton at the rear end. The whole tube l is lined with a piece of cotton, flannel, or other soft cloth, u, to form a lining for the chamber s. The cup n contains a small charge, W, of gunpowder, to ignite the bursting charge of the shell, and between the gunpowder and the fulminate mixture in the chamber s, I place in the mouth of the tube l a little fulminate of quicksilver to insure the ignition of the charge of gunpowder in the cup n, the fulminate of silver sometimes, owing to its extremely rapid combustion, failing to ignite gunpowder, though it will ignite the fulminate of mercury, which, burning more slowly and with a stronger flame, will ignite the gunpowder."
Regards,
John
