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DETONATING FUSE 13
branch line squarely against the length of the column of TNT,
and so provoke its detonation. If the explosive wave were travelmg
from the branch against the mam line (as laid), it would
FIGURES 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 Method of Connecting a Branch to a Main
Line of Cordeau (Courtesy Ensign-Bickford Company) FIGURE 3 Slitting
the Branch Line FIGURE 4 The Slit End Open FIGURE 5 The Main
Line m Place FIGURL 6 Winding the Splice FIGURE 7. The Finished
Junction
strike across the column of TNT and would shatter it, but would
be less likely to make it explode For connecting a branch line of
Primacord, it is satisfactory to make a half hitch of the end
around the main line.
A circle of detonating fuse around a tree will rapidly strip off
a belt of heavy bark, a device which is sometimes useful in the