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  2. Fuse (explosives) - Wikipedia

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    This simple fuse consisted of lightweight paper filled with loose gunpowder, and served as a means of delaying ignition in fireworks. This simple form of burning fuse can still be found today in many modern fireworks. A version of this simple fuse is called visco fuse, and consists of the burning core coated with wax or lacquer for durability ...

  3. Visco fuse - Wikipedia

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    Cannon fuse is a visco fuse that is most often thicker, steadier burning, and often extra coated to be more waterproof. Most cannon fuses of high quality can burn while under water. Cannon fuse is normally red or green in color. Flying fish fuse is a modified type of visco-type fuse used in fireworks. The composition in the core is a metallic ...

  4. Pyrotechnics - Wikipedia

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    The use of high-current fuses as ignitors can cause main circuit breakers and fuses to trip, due to the sudden inrush of hundreds of amperes through a dead-shorted circuit. Switches used to control ignition may be damaged from the high-current surges. There may not be indicators or interlocks preventing premature ignition of the pyrotechnic ...

  5. Glossary of firelighting - Wikipedia

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    A smoldering stick used for lighting firework fuses. pyrite. Main article: pyrite. A common sulfide mineral which had brief popularity in the 16th and 17th centuries as a source of ignition in early firearms, most notably the wheellock, where the cock held a lump of pyrite against a circular file to strike the sparks needed to fire the gun ...

  6. M-80 (explosive) - Wikipedia

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    Later, M-80s were manufactured as consumer fireworks made from a small cardboard tube, often red, approximately 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (3.8 cm) long and 9 ⁄ 16 inch (1.4 cm) inside diameter, with a fuse coming out of the side; this type of fuse is commonly known as cannon fuse or Visco fuse, after a company responsible for standardizing the product.

  7. Consumer fireworks - Wikipedia

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    A punk is a long, thin piece of wood covered in a substance that burns very slowly, producing only heat, with no flame. A port fire is a smoldering compound as a powder compressed in a stiff paper tube. The most complicated method used to ignite consumer fireworks is to use electronic ignition.

  8. Fuse times and dates for Fourth of July fireworks in Cincinnati

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    4th of July fireworks displays in Cincinnati Anderson Township: 9:45 p.m. July 4, Riverbend Music Center, 6295 Kellogg Ave. $15-up, $5-up military, free lawn tickets ages 17-under ...

  9. Pyrotechnic star - Wikipedia

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    Stars can be used in aerial shells, Roman candles, star mines, and certain bottle rockets.When used in aerial shells, the stars may sometimes be required to be "primed" with an ignition coating, consisting of a pyrotechnic mixture with an ignition temperature lower than that of the star.

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