Sentence examples for cordite that from inspiring English sources

The commission made recommendations on tighter control of production and handling of cordite that were successfully adopted by the navy.

Doherty is free from the whiff of cordite that swirls around many of the Sinn Féin candidates north and south of the Irish border.

Learning the number of turns had helped him to gauge the length of the breech plug — which Captain Parsons removed in order to slip in the four silk bags filled with cordite that fired the gun that sent the uranium projectile smashing into its target.

That includes: the establishment of a parliamentary democracy to serve a federation forged without the cold steel, piles of bodies and cordite that marked nationhood elsewhere; womens' suffrage; legislated working conditions and minimum wages; flourishing cities; a rapidly growing economy, and a social security safety net.

The cordite was by that time 17 to 20 years old, about the maximum life-span of the propellant.

What with the billows of smoke, the whiff of cordite, the flaming torches that become fizzing Roman candles, the gigantic explosions, the great licks of flame that pounce on to the boards, this is tinderbox theatre.

3) Natalie Harkin, Dirty Words (Cordite) A propulsive, dangerous, non-stop abecedarian that doesn't shy away from speaking truth to power and thinking through nature, politics and big ideas.

The commission first suspected arson, but no plausible suspect could be found and it reported that the cordite in her magazine might have spontaneously ignited due to decomposition.

The magazine was well insulated with 5 inches of cork, covered by wood planking.75 inches thick and provided with special cooling equipment so it was not likely that the cordite had spontaneously combusted.

This action prevented the tons of cordite stored there from catastrophically detonating in an explosion that would have destroyed the vessel and all aboard her.

Cordite in the working chamber caught fire and produced poisonous fumes that asphyxiated some of the turret's crew.