Harvester

Harvester is a lightspeed period 4 fuse that was found by David Poyner. It was the first published example of a fuse. Its name refers to the fact the it produces debris in the form of blocks that contain the same number of cells as the fuse has burnt up.

Harvester
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Pattern type Fuse
Period 4
Speed c
Discovered by David Poyner
Year of discovery 1970
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