Modern gunpowder (akapropellant) doesn't always look like a powder. It's still OK to call it gunpowder when writing, though. When articles debunk common firearm tropes in fiction, they usually mention how the “smell of cordite” isn't in the air after a gunfight. Who invented the gun?
Discovering 343 barrels of gunpowder inside, the Commanding officer gave orders to blow the castle up; following which Eilean Donan lay in silent ruin for the best part of two hundred years. The castle that visitors enjoy so much today was reconstructed as a family home between 1912 and 1932...
000 years ago, people experimenting in a pharmacy made the discovery. They found that if sulphur, charcoal and potassium nitrate were mixed together with a certain proportion, the mixture would explode.Gunpowder changed the style
And throughout his lucrative career, Nobel contributed to the development of more powerful and deadly weapons, including rockets, cannons and new types of gunpowder. Nobel's global empire of dynamite and weapons factories made him one of the richest men of his day, but he was also, ironically...
use of AI to allow weapon systems to autonomously select and attack targets is highly controversial. The development of these weapons would have an enormous effect on the way war is conducted. It has been called the third revolution in warfare, after gunpowder and the atomic bomb. Many experts...
gunpowder, compass, printing, banknotes, vertical textile, the important reform of porcelain technology, etc.In The Song Dynasty, navigation, shipbuilding, medicine, technology and agricultural technology all reached an unprecedented height in ancient times.The Song Dynasty also developed a new science,...
The military applications of gunpowder began in the Tang Dynasty. Explosive bombs filled with gunpowder and fired from catapults were used in wars. During the Song and Yuan dynasties (960-1368), the military applications of gunpowder became common and some other weapons like "fire cannon", "rock...
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