time-fuse

The slackers at Homeland Security had not considered the possibility that I might construct a slow chemical time-fuse to ignite a tube of fuselage-melting mousse.

Stan Goff: Air Travel Under Orange Alert 2008

The presence of these people about the cabin might interfere with his plans, and so he had resolved to make a slow match do duty as a time-fuse.

Robur the Conqueror 2003

Evidently there was a second series of charges, either inefficiently wired, or with a very long time-fuse.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

Among the time-fuse hand grenades may be mentioned the Mills No. 5,

Military Instructors Manual Oliver Schoonmaker

In testing the Navy time-fuse by the watch, or michronometer, the safety-plug must be removed: otherwise the fuze will burn longer than the time for which it is marked.

Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance

The safety-plug should be removed when the Navy time-fuse is used in rifled cannon, as recent experiments show that it is a probable cause of premature explosions of shells.

Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance

In some instances the French employ an automatic detonator which corresponds in a certain measure to the time-fuse of a shrapnel shell fired from a gun.

Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

The first three were exploded by a time-fuse set for from three to five seconds.

Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army James Norman Hall 1919

With the purpose of confusing no less than killing, they used percussion, which burst on striking the ground, as well as shrapnel, which burst by a time-fuse in the air.

The Last Shot Frederick Palmer 1915

"The sort of accident you set with a time-fuse," said Martlow grimly.

The Best British Short Stories of 1922 John Cournos 1915