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MINUTES OF PBOCEEDINGS OF 
consequence of the slits, is crushed flat, and the deto¬ 
nator is brought in contact with the needle. 
This fuze is sufficiently sensitive to act with half¬ 
charges in 12-pr. or 9-pr. B.L. guns, but it may be made 
more so by the removal of the bottom cup, whereby the 
hammer will have much less work to do—onfy to tighten 
on the pellet; and it has occurred to me that it might 
be applied in this way very advantageously to shells of 
the larger natures by the use of an adapter of beech 
wood, the lower end of which might be stemmed with 
powder to intensify the force of the magazine. 
This fuze can be readily distinguished from the other 
brass percussion fuzes of Sir W. Armstrong's C pattern, 
and Major Dyer's, by the absence of the safety pin in the 
former fuze, and in the latter of the heads of the copper 
screws at the sides. The bottom of the case or body is 
secured lightly by solder, and the wrench holes filled in 
also, but it can be easily removed if necessary. 
a, Body of adapter. 
b, Cap which, fits close 
down on top of fuze 
and is secured by 
c, Brass pin. 
The following is a description of a modified pellet which I have proposed 
for the E time fuze: 
This pellet is made of the same alloy as the body of the fuze, and of the 
form in the accompanying diagram. 
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It is supported on a cup of sheet brass *005 of an inch thick. The 
priming and detonating composition are the same as those used for the 
pellet of the pattern E time fuze. 
It is only necessary in adapting this pellet and cup to the E time fuze to 
remove the white metal pellet, and then a recess *41 of an inch in diameter, 
and *06 of an inch deep is cut in the screw pin-plug to receive the brass cup ; 
the new pellet is then dropped into the chamber with the cup, and the plug 
is screwed up again, care being taken not to crush the edges of the cup in 
this operation. 
The E time fuze fitted with this detonating arrangement will have C.S. 
(cup suspension) stamped on the base. 
