US38424A - Improved composition for filling shells - Google Patents
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- US38424A US38424A US38424DA US38424A US 38424 A US38424 A US 38424A US 38424D A US38424D A US 38424DA US 38424 A US38424 A US 38424A
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- 101700001674 LEVI Proteins 0.000 description 6
- 239000002360 explosive Substances 0.000 description 6
- 239000007788 liquid Substances 0.000 description 6
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- ZCCIPPOKBCJFDN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Calcium nitrate Chemical compound [Ca+2].[O-][N+]([O-])=O.[O-][N+]([O-])=O ZCCIPPOKBCJFDN-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 235000015842 Hesperis Nutrition 0.000 description 2
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- 240000004804 Iberis amara Species 0.000 description 2
- 241000424123 Trachinotus baillonii Species 0.000 description 2
- WATWJIUSRGPENY-UHFFFAOYSA-N antimony Chemical compound [Sb] WATWJIUSRGPENY-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229910052787 antimony Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000010426 asphalt Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000003610 charcoal Substances 0.000 description 2
- RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N copper Chemical compound [Cu] RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229910052802 copper Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000010949 copper Substances 0.000 description 2
- 230000001066 destructive Effects 0.000 description 2
- 238000004880 explosion Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000002657 fibrous material Substances 0.000 description 2
- FGIUAXJPYTZDNR-UHFFFAOYSA-N potassium nitrate Inorganic materials [K+].[O-][N+]([O-])=O FGIUAXJPYTZDNR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 235000010333 potassium nitrate Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- 239000000126 substance Substances 0.000 description 2
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- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C06—EXPLOSIVES; MATCHES
- C06B—EXPLOSIVES OR THERMIC COMPOSITIONS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS EXPLOSIVES
- C06B33/00—Compositions containing particulate metal, alloy, boron, silicon, selenium or tellurium with at least one oxygen supplying material which is either a metal oxide or a salt, organic or inorganic, capable of yielding a metal oxide
- C06B33/04—Compositions containing particulate metal, alloy, boron, silicon, selenium or tellurium with at least one oxygen supplying material which is either a metal oxide or a salt, organic or inorganic, capable of yielding a metal oxide the material being an inorganic nitrogen-oxygen salt
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- the sediment'which collects fatxthe bottom of the tank is taken in its plastic state and pressed into metallic cases of any convenient size-say three inchesin length and five-eighths of an inch in diameter, moreor less.
- This makes a combustible missilet which, when ignited by the explosion of the projectile will burn with great intensity.
- these as maybe required are then put into and combined with an explosiveshell or any form of explosive projectile for use. ⁇ Vh-en the projectile explodes these missiles will take fire, eollodium being sprinkled over their open ends for this purpose, and will dart out in every direction'with ten thousand fiery ton gnes, hissing and burning wherever they go.
- the fire is unquenchable, Water will not extinguish it. It consumes and burns wherever it strikes. When thrown into an enemys fortifications, forts, ships, or camps these missiles will consume everythingin their fiery course, sending death and desolation into the enemys ranks.
- a combustiblecomposition formed of the above-named ingredients or their equivalents, substantially in the proportions and for the purposes herein set forth.
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Description
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
LEVI SHORT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
IMPROVED COMPOSITION FOR FILLING SHELLS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,424, dated May 5. 1863.
To all -whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, LEVI SHORT, of the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful compound or composition for combining with pro jectiles bomb-shells, rockets, and other missils to be projected from fire-arms, ordnance, and other engines or war, to be used either in a liquid or solidified form, which composition I designate as Shorts American Greek Fire, and 1 do hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact description of the mode of compounding and mixing and using'the same, t0 Wit:
I take rorty pounds of saltpeter, seven pounds'of charcoal, six pounds of asphaltum, two pounds of antimony, seven pounds of sulphnr, and two gallons of naphtha. These ingredients, substantially in the proportions de scribed, I thoroughly mix in a large wooden tank lined with copper, and when thoroughly mixed I allow the compound to stand for two or three days to settle. A large amount ofsediment collects at the bottom of the tank, and the liquid rises above. Theliquid is then drawn off and combined with any vegetable fibrous substance, the said fibrous material to be fully saturated with the liquid. This is then packed in explosive shells or projectiles and used as a destructive war-missile to burn an enemys ships, forts, &c. The sediment'which collects fatxthe bottom of the tank is taken in its plastic state and pressed into metallic cases of any convenient size-say three inchesin length and five-eighths of an inch in diameter, moreor less. This :makes a combustible missilet which, when ignited by the explosion of the projectile will burn with great intensity. As many of these as maybe required are then put into and combined with an explosiveshell or any form of explosive projectile for use. \Vh-en the projectile explodes these missiles will take fire, eollodium being sprinkled over their open ends for this purpose, and will dart out in every direction'with ten thousand fiery ton gnes, hissing and burning wherever they go. The fire is unquenchable, Water will not extinguish it. It consumes and burns wherever it strikes. When thrown into an enemys fortifications, forts, ships, or camps these missiles will consume everythingin their fiery course, sending death and desolation into the enemys ranks.
What I claim as my invention, and desire to.
secure by Letters Patent, is-
1. A combustiblecomposition formed of the above-named ingredients or their equivalents, substantially in the proportions and for the purposes herein set forth.
2. Metallicpellets ormissilesfilled with combustible matter, in combination and use with explosive projectiles, for the purposes and substantially as set forth.
LEVI SHORT. Witnesses:
H. N. TAFT, O. G. ABELL.
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Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US3028808A (en) * | 1958-01-09 | 1962-04-10 | Samuel J Porter | Armor piercing incendiary projectile |
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Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US3028808A (en) * | 1958-01-09 | 1962-04-10 | Samuel J Porter | Armor piercing incendiary projectile |
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