Explosive most commonly used as propellant in firearms
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Lavoisier et L'encyclopédie méthodique : le manuscrit des régisseurs des poudres et salpêtres pour le Dictionnaire de l'artillerie (1787) / Patrice Bret.
Patrice BretDate: 1997
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Apparatus used in the making of gunpowder. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 31196i- Books
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Legends no histories, or, A specimen of some animadversions upon The history of the Royal Society : wherein, besides the several errors against common literature, sundry mistakes about the making of salt-petre and gun-powder are detected, and rectified: whereunto are added two discourses, one of Pietro Sardi, and another of Nicolas Tartaglia relating to that subject. Translated out of Italian. With a brief account of those passages of the authors life, which the virtuosi intended most to censure, and expatiate upon ... Together with the Plus ultra of Mr. Joseph Glanvill reduced to a non-plus, &c / By Henry Stubbe.
Henry StubbeDate: 1670- E-books
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The sportsman's dictionary; or, the gentleman's companion for town and country. Containing Full And Particular Instructions For Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farriery, Cocking, Hawking, &c. With the various methods to be observed in Breeding and Dieting of Horses both for the Road and Turf; also, the management of Dogs, Game-Cocks, Dunghill-Fowls, Turkies, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Fish, Singing-Birds, Bees, &c. The Manner Of Curing Their Various Diseases And Accidents; And The Method Of Destroying Insects, Vermin, &c. &c. Collected from the best authors, with numerous additions and improvements, And A Summary Of The Game Laws, by experienced gentlemen. Illustrated with copper-plates, Representing all the different Kinds of Nets, Snares, and Traps, that are now made Use of in Fowling; and the Implements for Angling.
Date: M.DCC.XCII. [1792]
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On rendering gunpowder non-explosive / by J.S.G. Ryley.
Date: [1865?]