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Portfire
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A device used to ignite the charge of a cannon. it consisted of a half-inch (13 mm) paper tube, filled with a combustible mixture of saltpeter, gunpowder, sulfur, and antimony sulfide, carried in a special holder. a linstock was placed behind each gun crew and its slow match was used to ignite the portfire, which in turn was applied to the vent to set off the charge. at “cease firing” the smoldering tip of the portfire was cut off and extinguished. the device was then ready to be used again. it was probably invented during the late 1750s in the arsenal at essonne, france, and the name comes from the french porte feu = firecarrier. see also gun firing.
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Combustible, французский
Smoldering, английский
- The combustion of solid materials without the accompaniment of flame.
- Combustion without flame, usually with incandescence and smoke.
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Portolano, английский
See waggoner.
From seamen, английский
Portable soup and sour krout were at first condemned by them as stuff not fit for human beings to eat. cook did not record how he managed to make his crew eat the soup, but he used psychology with sauerkraut by ordering it to be served to officers only, after which the sailors insisted on having their portion.
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