Fighting broke out between the government forces and Sassou Nguesso's fighters, called Cobras, igniting a 4-month conflict that destroyed or damaged much of Brazzaville.

A noon cannon, sometimes called a ' meridian cannon ', is a specialized sundial that is designed to create an ' audible noonmark ', by automatically igniting a quantity of gunpowder at noon.

With quick firing guns ( those using metallic cartridge cases ) the case itself is fitted with the igniting medium ; in England these are called primers.

The Conservatives made it the central issue of the 1911 election, igniting anti-American sentiment by dire warnings the treaty would turn the economy over to American control.

The lead locomotive, The " Socrates " made it across the bridge, while the second locomotive, The " Columbia " and 11 railcars including two express cars, two baggage cars, one smoking car, two passenger cars and three sleeping cars and a caboose fell into the ravine below, then igniting a raging fire.

The lead locomotive " Socrates " made it across the bridge, while the second locomotive, " Columbia " and 11 railcars including two express cars, two baggage cars, one smoking car, two passenger cars, three sleeping cars and a caboose fell into the ravine below, then igniting a raging fire.

The implosion of the secondary implodes this spark plug, detonating it and igniting fusion in the material around it, but the spark plug then continues to fission in the neutron-rich environment until it is fully consumed, adding significantly to the yield.

The first way involves cutting up celluloid material — today the main remaining use of celluloid is ping pong balls — placing the small pieces inside an aluminium wrapping or canister, and igniting them.

A faulty switch caused a surge of current to the turbine, igniting insulating material on some electrical wiring.

The original definition of flash point refers to the igniting of a volatile material at the lowest temperature at which it can vaporize to form an ignitable mixture in air.

An alternative method of removing firedamp ( methane ) involved igniting the gas deliberately to cause explosions, thus evacuating the mines of the majority of explosive or easily flammable material present but this was also hazardous.

To avoid explosions or other dangerous events, the VIE must be kept in an open space with no overhead wires ( to prevent sparks from igniting surrounding materials, which will combust easier in the prescense of liquid oxygen ), no surrounding drains or trenches ( pooled liquid oxygen will increase the combustibility of surrounding materials ) and ringed by a fence of non-combustible material.

As the impact between steel hammer heads and the objects being hit can, and does, create sparks, which in some industries such as underground coal mining with methane gas, or in other hazardous environments containing flammable gases and vapours, can be dangerous and risk igniting the gases.

Some of the uses in the new series include: repairing electronic equipment ; re-attaching materials such as barbed wire ; detecting, intercepting and sending signals ; remotely operating the TARDIS ; burning, cutting, or igniting substances ; fusing metal ; scanning and identifying substances ; amplifying or augmenting sound ; modifying mobile phones to enable " universal roaming ”; disabling alien disguises ; resonating concrete ; reversing teleportation of another entity.

Large caliber muzzle-loaders such as cannons are always swabbed between shots to prevent accidents caused by live sparks igniting the fresh charge of powder as it is being loaded.

It is also currently believed that nearby interactions between galaxies that don't actually merge can trigger unstable rotation modes, such as the bar instability, that cause gas to be funneled towards the nucleus, igniting bursts of star formation near the galactic nucleus.

For faster burning and modern-day applications such as for igniting fireworks, tubed black match, sometimes termed quick match, or punk are generally used instead of slow match.

* Telekinesis: The ability to manipulate small objects with only the power of the mind, such as moving the tumblers of a lock, igniting a torch, or altering the flight of an arrow.

The exceptions are aircraft such as the F-4 Phantom II, the F-18, and the Panavia Tornado ADV that have missiles that are semi-recessed into the fuselage to reduce drag, and hence use ejector launchers that first propel the missile clear of the aircraft before igniting the motor.

In Austria, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian nationalist insurgents ( The Black Hand ) is blamed for igniting World War I after a succession of minor conflicts, while belligerents on both sides in World War II used operatives specifically trained for assassination.

This is in contrast to igniting it with a spark plug as in the Otto cycle ( four-stroke / petrol ) engine.

An example is a pyrotechnic lead igniting a booster, which causes the main charge to detonate.

It is fired two handed by igniting the black powder through a touch hole on the barrel.

The writing style of red top tabloids is, ofttimes, accused of sensationalism ; in other words, red tops have been accused of deliberately igniting controversy and selectively reporting on attention-grabbing stories, or those with shock value.

The missiles are ejected from their tubes by igniting an explosive charge in a separate container which is separated by seventeen titanium alloy pinnacles activated by a double alloy steam system.

Cooking oil is flammable, and fires may be caused by it igniting at too high a temperature.

It is prohibited to use open flames and, in some places, mobile phones on the forecourt of a filling station because of the risk of igniting gasoline vapor.

One of the more significant hazards lightning can pose is the wildfires they are capable of igniting.

For quick-firing guns the charge is contained in a brass case to which is fitted a primer for igniting the charge.

KHAD is thought to have had particular success in igniting internal rivalries and political divisions amongst the resistance groups, rendering some of them completely useless because of infighting.

Necklacing is the torture and execution of victims by igniting a kerosene-filled rubber tire that has been forced around the victim's chest and arms.

It is even possible to restart the new day's fire by using the embers as an igniting device.

The best known of these High Commissioners, Alfred Milner who was appointed to both positions in the 1890s, is considered responsible by some for igniting the Second Boer War.

Fart lightning or pyroflatulence is the practice of igniting the gases produced by human flatulence, often producing a flame of a blue hue, hence the act being known colloquially as a " blue angel ", " blue dart ", " making an awesome ", or in Australia, a " blue flame ".

The final year of Prisoner is mostly based around the conflict between the Freak and a new challenger, brash biker Rita " The Beater " Connors ( Glenda Linscott ) who takes over as the series ' new top dog, when previous incumbent, the vicious Lou Kelly clashed with tough temporary governor Bob Moran ( Peter Adams ) and over-reached herself by igniting a bloodthirsty riot that threatened the lives of both staff and inmates.

The recommended sequence of connections is intended to reduce the chance of accidentally shorting the good battery or igniting hydrogen gas.

Following that cycle, air is injected into the vertical wells, igniting the upper bitumen and mobilizing ( through heating ) the lower bitumen to flow into the production well.

is usually credited with igniting the early N. J. hardcore scene at the dawn of the 1980s.

In addition to igniting spontaneously in air, it reacts explosively with water even at low temperatures, more so than other members of the first group of the periodic table.

It was this expansion that led to the Second Punic War when Carthage besieged the Roman protected town of Saguntum in 218 BC, igniting a conflict with Rome.

* Fire Arrows are invented by the Chinese, along with the use of the first blackpowder impregnated fuses for igniting the blast of double-piston flamethrowers which employed Greek Fire, an imported good from Arabia in the early part of the century.

* April 27 – Montreal, Quebec, Expo 67, a World's Fair to coincide with the Canadian Confederation centennial, officially opens with Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson igniting the Expo Flame in the Place des Nations.

These temperatures cannot be reached with conventional black powder fuses, nitrocellulose rods, detonators, pyrotechnic initiators, or other common igniting substances.

A stoichiometric mixture of finely powdered iron ( III ) oxide and aluminium may be ignited using ordinary red-tipped book matches by partially embedding one match head in the mixture, and igniting that match head with another match, preferably held with tongs in gloves to prevent flash burns.

However, numerous accounts exist that by 1794 Murdoch was producing coal gas from a small retort containing heated coals with a three or four foot iron tube attached, through which he piped the gas before sending it through an old gun barrel and igniting it to produce light.

Prior to the use of matches, fires were obtained using a burning glass ( a lens ) to focus the sun on tinder, a method that could only work on sunny days, or by igniting tinder with sparks produced by striking flint and steel.

The Order's leader, Robert Jay Mathews, died in a stand-off with police and federal agents on Whidbey Island, Washington, when police fired flares into his hideout, igniting a fire.

The flamethrower found its origins also in the Byzantine Empire, employing Greek fire in a device of a hand-held pump that shot bursts of Greek fire via a siphon-hose and piston, igniting it with a match, similar to modern versions, as it was ejected.

The Hindenburg disaster has been attributed to spark discharge igniting flammable panels tainted with thermite, which burned vigorously, violently, and extremely swiftly, which ultimately led to the ignition of hydrogen gas held in or leaking from the airship at the time.

The coal mining activity ended in 1884, when a labor dispute at the mine ended with a group of miners sending a burning coal car into the mine, igniting the coal.

Despite waiters ' efforts to douse the fire with water, it quickly spread along the fronds of the palm tree, igniting decorations on the walls and ceiling.

The fire burns from the top down, with the layer of hot coals and burning stubs igniting the next layer down.

( c ) Finally, filling Lord British's throne room with powder kegs, igniting one, and standing clear of the blasts was sufficient to kill him.

* Ambrose Philips-Pastorals ( igniting the argument with Alexander Pope )

In 1942 there was some initial speculation among the scientists developing the first nuclear weapons that there might be a possibility of igniting the Earth's atmosphere with a large enough nuclear explosion.

In under a minute it reached and covered the entire city, instantly igniting everything flammable with which it came in contact.