Ancient Flamethrower History and DIY Experiment

Topics
To
Be
Covered

•  Ancient
ﬂamethrowers

•  Types
of
ﬂamethrowers

•  How
they
work

•  And
an
experiment!

Ancient
flamethrowers

•  Greek
fire
(Byzan@ne
Empire)
5th
century
B.C.

•  Chinese
flamethrowers
(Song
Dynasty)

Creator

•  Richard
Fiedler

Types

•  Hand
held

•  3
tanks

Japanese
93
ﬂamethrower

M2A1-‐7
ﬂamethrower

Types

•  Tank

•  Mounted

How
It
Works

•  Pressure
regulator

•  Igni@on
valve

•  Igni@on
trigger

•  Fuel
release
trigger

Use

•  July
30,
1915,
by
Germans

•  Last
used
by
USA
in
1978

•  California

•  Sugar
harves@ng

•  Final
use
by
IRA

Experiment

•  Problem

•  Can
you
make
a
ﬂamethrower
out

of
powdered
sugar
and
a
torch?

Hypothesis

•  The
sugar
will
just
burn
and
not
project
like
a

ﬂamethrower
would.

Materials/Procedure

•  Video

Solu@on

•  The
sugar
caught
ﬁre
and
made
a
ﬂame

thrower.

•  Hydroxymethylfurfural

Thank
you

•  Ques@ons

•  Sugges@ons

•  Comments

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