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PRIMER-POWDER BLENDER, DRY

Specialty Definition: PRIMER-POWDER BLENDER, DRY

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Tends equipment that blends and screens dry explosive powders in cloth, cone-shaped mixing and screening device to make primer powder for center-fire cartridges: Selects and carries predetermined quantities of ingredients from storage magazines and dryhouse to mixing house. Positions containers in specified order on dumping shelf of mixing device. Moves dump arm by remote control from behind cement wall to empty containers in mixing bag. Turns mixing crank specified number of times to move bag center up and down to blend powders, observing operations in mirrors set at angles. Pours blended powder into rubber containers, marks with identifying data, and carries them to storage magazines. Washes equipment and premises to prevent accumulation of explosive dust. Mends and replaces torn mixing bags, using needle and thread. Repairs screens and attaches bags to wall of mixing cylinder, using special lacing and tying technique. May blend wet mixtures [PRIMER-POWDER BLENDER, WET (chemical)]. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PRIMER-POWDER BLENDER, DRY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 52 49 4D 45 52 2D 50 4F 57 44 45 52      42 4C 45 4E 44 45 52 2C      44 52 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01010010 01001001 01001101 01000101 01010010 00101101 01010000 01001111 01010111 01000100 01000101 01010010 00100000 01000010 01001100 01000101 01001110 01000100 01000101 01010010 00101100 00100000 01000100 01010010 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#82 &#73 &#77 &#69 &#82 &#45 &#80 &#79 &#87 &#68 &#69 &#82 &#32 &#66 &#76 &#69 &#78 &#68 &#69 &#82 &#44 &#32 &#68 &#82 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0052 0049 004D 0045 0052 002D 0050 004F 0057 0044 0045 0052      0042 004C 0045 004E 0044 0045 0052 002C      0044 0052 0059

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50524347395215504957383952236463948383952142385259

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