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Gunpowder
Gunpowder
Author: Clive Ponting
The formula for gunpowder was discovered in China in 800 AD. Known as 'fire-drug', its origin was the alchemists' search for an immortality elixir, and it was initially a medicine not an explosive; but the Chinese went on to develop every type of weapon that ever used gunpowder - incendiaries, bombs, rockets, cannon and hand-held guns - as well ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780701177522
ISBN-10: 0701177527
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Book Type: Hardcover
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