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the mouth ot the bottle and aeourely fastened t.o 1 t wi th<br />
paraff1n wax, the centro ot the papor baIng free tram wax. 1<br />
A papor bas containing pot~881um chlorate and augar In tho<br />
uaual proportlone 18 tied rOJ.nd the neok ot the bottle.<br />
The bottle Is inverted and tho sulphurI0 801d aeapa through<br />
the paper atter a certaIn dalal. flhon the .~lp't\url0 Ro14<br />
canee Into oontaot with the m1xturo In the bas, tho laUer<br />
ign1tes and the whol_ can be uaed to •• 10 ott • larger<br />
1 ncendiary bomb (aee tIS. 9) • The lenatb or the dela:i<br />
depends upon the thlokneea ot the paper 0701' tho mouth at<br />
the bottle. Oommon typewriting paper was stated to SiTO<br />
ft delay ot about tiv. hours, 8 poetcarel about eleven hour. and<br />
• plaYing oard twenty-tour hO\ra.<br />
The aabotour. had d •• o~lbcd to them an<br />
or In1tlaU ng 1noon41817 material. In<br />
conjunction with a delay machan.UID. TWo oleotrJ..o lB ada<br />
which go through the appropriate d.lay meohanism to a<br />
torch battery are oonneoted~~ a vary thin ~ieo~ ot wire<br />
auoh .. the tilam.nt ot • torch bulb. Tbo two Ileotrio leade<br />
.botween whioh 10M. wire tilament 18 _tretohe4 are bold tirral~<br />
in poeition by ee.lins wax. A ooatins ot paratfin wax i.<br />
painted or er tho til.ament to proteot it while be1na plaoed in<br />
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poeit1on. The 1fbole ie th.n plaoad in 1& baa oontain1n&<br />
potaee:i um chlor.te and eupr. When tho eloo~rio oircui t i_<br />
made, tho tilam.nt wira heatl up al 'in a toroh bulb, tho<br />
proteotive ooating ot .parattin wax il moltod, and the inoendiary<br />
mixtura h ign1t e4 (.. a tig.lO).<br />
the<br />
taken<br />
oertain<br />
4i tiona<br />
b. so<br />
reveal<br />
1n railway atation ...<br />
The .. boieu.ra W," ahown 41aar ... at othor<br />
&IIIOn& "bloh ware inoendlar7 bomb. dill<br />
.nd'j,wallt1na .Uoke, 'Th.y tunotlonad<br />
the p.n aud panoil •• 10. whioh wora<br />
allo ahorn a 'U1toaa. oontain1nl<br />
'*'loh 1sn1t.4 und.r oen-<br />
• 'rh~ , .-ult 0 .. 0 w.. ••• i4 to<br />
examination would no\<br />
bo u.04 tor at.rt1uI tiro.<br />
mCTICAL TRAINING.<br />
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.a'bo1'",",~<br />
In addition to tho leoture. and laboratory<br />
olrTied out 0XJIerimonta in tho around. at<br />
Everyth1ni po .. lble n_ done to .wtll te<br />
woh work ... ould ha.,.. to be oarried 0'1110<br />
The in.truotora aoted a. I\18.rde land in cr der to<br />
malee the men more. oar.ful, 8010 _ll. 'XJllOliTe boob7 trap'<br />
which had to ba avoid.d. Thay wero taulbt to axamine tho<br />
targeto which wero to bo the 8ubjeot ot .tta9& and to a.timet,<br />
the amount and tno ot explallva n.oded. 'l'he7 were ahOll'11 ... her.<br />
to plao. eqlceivoo 1n ord.r to get. the max1muZD ett,otl and it<br />
was atressed that the main obJectiTe waa not nao •••• rilJ<br />
complete destruotion. but tho .... ak.nina ot the atruoture 10<br />
that 110 wCR.1lc1 auba.quent17 collapo.. AIIlOTli: th. varlou.a<br />
objltota on which th., praotJ,ce4. wllra wooden ~atta buria4 in<br />
san4 and railway traok ••• On aoveral QOoae1on11 4urina tha<br />
course instruotions wer. gi'Yfm on ~"p8J' 41raotlna them. to<br />
pertol"lD oertain ao ta ot .abotas.. Th. tnl d ezploeiY a or<br />
1noendiary material ne.ded "0 d.ci4.d .n~ two men ~orkin8<br />
t Oiethor would oarry out the tri.l. On April ' 29th,-dur1ng<br />
the )eat atternoon and O'Yening ot tho coorsa, the •• boteu.re ha4<br />
a t1nal examination. Thia wa. attended by tifte.n eo-called<br />
high Arnw otticials and a Li.ut.colonel, pOlsib17 KAROUERRI.<br />
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