File:Exploding_bridgewire_detonator.png
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Summary
Patent drawings of the exploding-bridgewire detonator created during the Manhattan Project. Source: US Patent 3,040,6660 "L.H. Johnston, "Electric Initiator with Exploding Bridge Wire" (26 June 1962).
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Figure 2 is a detail of Figure 1.
- Housing
- High explosive
- Fuse wire
- Lead-in wire
- Lead-in wire
- Insulating support
- Cambrick tubing
- Dividing portion of the support
- (Nothing labeled)
- Condenser (capacitor)
- Switch
- Battery
The correct U.S. patent citation is 3,040,660.
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