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Dan-Ball's powder game is not part of the falling sand project. From my research, there is no falling sand project called "Powder Game." If I am wrong, I'd like there to be an external link in the article, but until then, Powder Game stays off the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Izacque (talk • contribs) 23:17, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
A user-created sandbox in the video game The Powder Toy. A falling-sand game is a genre of video game and a sub-genre of sandbox games which typically utilize a two-dimensional particle or cellular automaton based game engine to simulate various materials interacting in a sandbox environment.
The Powder Toy is free and open-source software licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.0. [4] A total of 193 (more may have been added since this data was gathered) different in-game materials (or "elements"), each with custom behavior and interactions, are available in the game. [5] In June 2024, The Powder Toy was released on ...
A game that began with a handful of fans tipsy on cheap beer running across the outfield grass — some of them naked — collapsed into chaos. ... Powder kegs: 50 years ago, 10-cent beers helped ...
By the mid-19th century, the 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2 bore muskets had been strengthened and bulked up for much larger powder charges. At this time, a hunter of dangerous game would fire, gallop away on horseback to a safe distance, reload, and fire again, repeating this process up to 30 times for an African elephant.
Potassium nitrate/magnesium flash powder should be mixed and used immediately and not stored due to its tendency of self-ignition. If magnesium is not a very fine powder, it can be passivated with linseed oil or potassium dichromate. The passivated magnesium flash powder is stable and generally safe to store. 2 KNO 3 + 5 Mg → K 2 O + N 2 + 5 MgO
Dry chemical powder is used on all classes of fires. Dry chemical powder puts out the fire by coating the burning material with a thin layer of dust, thereby separating the fuel from the oxygen in the air. The powder also works to interrupt the chemical reaction of fire, so these extinguishers are extremely effective at putting out the fire.
Team Blonde at the 2011 Blondes vs. Brunettes powder puff football game in Washington, D.C. Many schools that participate in powderpuff games have created their own traditions. Examples of traditions are the creation of team uniform T-shirts for each of the teams, pre-game pep talks, and special half-time performances from the male members ...