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eprouvettenoun
A one-piece, fixed-elevation mortar formerly used to test the strength of gunpowder.
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Webster Dictionary
Eprouvettenoun
an apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder
Etymology: [F.]
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Eprouvette
An Eprouvette is a one piece, fixed elevation mortar used to test the strength of gunpowder. It went out of general use by the middle of the 19th century. In use, a carefully weighed quantity of powder was placed inside, followed by a standard weight shot. The charge was fired and the distance the shot flew was measured and compared to the expected standard distance.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Eprouvette
ep-roov-et′, n. a machine for testing the strength of gunpowder. [Fr.,—éprouver, to try.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
eprouvette
A small piece of ordnance specially fitted for testing the projectile force of samples of gunpowder.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
eprouvette
(Fr.). A small mortar to prove the strength of gunpowder. There are different sorts of eprouvettes, according to the fancy of different nations who use them. Some raise a weight, and others throw a shot, to certain heights and distances. As a test of gunpowder the eprouvette is comparatively worthless, and it has been generally superseded by instruments for measuring the initial velocity obtained by firing the powder in the particular gun for which it is intended. A short mortar is, however, still used, to a certain extent, for testing the power of modern blasting powders, such as the mixtures of nitro-glycerine. A very small charge and a heavy shot of chilled iron which enters two or three inches only into the mortar are used. The square roots of the ranges (other things being equal) give the relative powers of the different powders, nearly.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of eprouvette in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of eprouvette in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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