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Shells of Muricanthus nigritus can reach a length of 75–200 millimetres (3.0–7.9 in). [2] These large shells are black and white with black or dark brown stripes. The shell surface bears short spikes around the body whorl and spire. The aperture is porcelaneous white. [citation needed] This species is quite similar to Hexaplex radix. The ...
Some varieties may emit sparks upon launch. Their sizes can range from an inch to about 6 inches (15 cm) long and 1 ⁄ 8 to 3 ⁄ 4 inch (3.2 to 19.1 mm) around, not including the stick. The smaller variety of these rockets are also commonly referred to as "Bottle Rockets" due to the commonality in which people use a bottle as a launching ...
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An illustration of a fireworks display from the 1628–1643 edition of the Ming Dynasty novel Jin Ping Mei [2] An etching of the Royal Fireworks display on the Thames, London, England, in 1749 An 18th-century illustration of Chinese fireworks from an English abstract of an account of China by French Jesuit Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville [3] A ...
Nautilus is a black-and-white photograph taken by Edward Weston in 1927 of a single nautilus shell standing on its end against a dark background. It has been called "one of the most famous photographs ever made" and "a benchmark of modernism in the history of photography."
A mixture of designations were in use for land artillery from the First World War (such as the BL 60-pounder gun, RML 2.5 inch Mountain Gun, 4 inch gun, 4.5 inch howitzer) through to the end of World War II (5.5 inch medium gun, 25-pounder gun-howitzer, 17-pounder tank gun), but the majority of naval guns were by caliber. After the end of World ...
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This engraving shows a 12-pounder U.S. shrapnel shell c. 1865. It is fitted with a Borman fuze. In the cutaway view, the dark grey is the wall of the shell, the medium grey is sulphur resin, the light grey are the musket balls, and the black is the bursting charge.