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apr 19, 1831 - In 1831, William Bickford invented the safety fuse, which consisted of yarn woven over gunpowder, then coated in tar to waterproof the fuse. They made the safety fuse to make explosives safer.

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apr 19, 1831
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~ 195 years ago

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