Sounds like the firecracker that was called a Baby Giant, when I was a kid. It was red and about 2” long and 1/2” diameter. The blast was nearly = to 1/4 stick of dynamite.
I doubt that. A 1/4 stick of dynamite would do a heck of a lot more damage than blow off part of her hand.
The average stick of dynamite is 8 inches long and 1 inch in diameter. This gives a volume of about 6 cubic inches, not taking into account the thickness of the tube the explosive is in. The Baby Giant would have a volume of 0.4 cubic inches. This means a quarter stick of dynamite would have a volume of 1.5 cubic inches, which is about 3.8 times the volume of the Baby.
Next, how more powerful is dynamite than black powder? I found that workers digging tunnels could move about 3.5 times faster using dynamite compared to black poweder.
Therefore, an actual 1/4 stick of dynamite would be roughly 13 times more powerful (3.8 times 3.5) than a black powder Baby Giant.
These are all hasty approximations but it is obvious that the 1/4 stick of dynamite is MUCH more powerful than the so-called "1/4 stick" black powder firecracker.
Video big firecracker
Two sticks of real dynamite at 1:45 Real thing
I doubt that. A 1/4 stick of dynamite would do a heck of a lot more damage than blow off part of her hand.
The average stick of dynamite is 8 inches long and 1 inch in diameter. This gives a volume of about 6 cubic inches, not taking into account the thickness of the tube the explosive is in. The Baby Giant would have a volume of 0.4 cubic inches. This means a quarter stick of dynamite would have a volume of 1.5 cubic inches, which is about 3.8 times the volume of the Baby.
Next, how more powerful is dynamite than black powder? I found that workers digging tunnels could move about 3.5 times faster using dynamite compared to black poweder.
Therefore, an actual 1/4 stick of dynamite would be roughly 13 times more powerful (3.8 times 3.5) than a black powder Baby Giant.
These are all hasty approximations but it is obvious that the 1/4 stick of dynamite is MUCH more powerful than the so-called "1/4 stick" black powder firecracker.
Video big firecracker
Two sticks of real dynamite at 1:45 Real thing