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1651 J. French tr. J. R. Glauber Descr. New Philos. Furnaces ii. 82 I could have forborne to set down the preparation of the fulminating gold [L. auri fulminantis].

1726 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. (ed. 7) 86/2 Fulminating Gold,..when touch'd by fire, it makes a noise like thunder.

1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 190 The fulminating mercury was composed in 100 parts, 21,28 of oxalic acid, 64,72 of mercury, and 14 of etherated nitrous gas, and of a surplus of oxygen.

1819 C. Grotz Art of making Fireworks 24 In the centre of the two rows, put about a grain of fulminating silver, and paste a piece of cotton or silk over it.

1864 H. Watts Dict. Chem. II. 737 The neutral salt, also called fulminating zinc, was first obtained by Liebig.

1878 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 20 Dec. 379/2 Detonators are now generally made of fulminating mercury, to which is added..a little nitrate of potassa.

1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xliii. 850 Silver oxide..dissolves in aqueous ammonia, the solution on exposure to air forming fulminating silver.

1998 G. I. Brown Big Bang xiii. 169 Fulminating gold..is an olive-green solid of uncertain composition made from gold oxide and ammonia.

2011 D. Adler Guns of Civil War iii. 159/2 The cartridge was comprised of a brass case with a touch of fulminating mercury in its base, a few grains of black powder, and a tiny round lead ball.