Later, he created blasting caps to explode the dynamite from a distance with a fuse. These inventions allowed the product to be used more safely for activities like building tunnels and canals or ...

The term is based on quarter sticks of dynamite, which the devices resemble ... Other requirements for fireworks include fuses that burn for at least three seconds and all fireworks must ...

“We could hear the Indians coming at us through the bush. We put a blasting cap and a fuse on the dynamite. As the Indian who’d shot at us stepped out on the bank of the river, I lit the dynamit ...