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Gunpowder studies are still in their infancy despite the long-standing civil and military importance of this explosive since its discovery in China in the mid-ninth century AD. In this second volume by contributors who meet regularly at symposia of the International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC), the research is again rooted in the investigation of the technology of explosives manufacture, but the fact that the chapters range in scope from the Old World to the New, from sources of raw materials in south-east Asia to the complications of manufacture in the West, shows that the story is more than the simple one of how an intriguing product was made. This volume is the first to develop the implications of the subject, not just in the sense of relating it to changing military technologies, but in that of seeing the securing of gunpowder supplies as fundamental to the power of the state and imperial pretensions.The search for saltpetre, for example, an essential ingredient of gunpowder, became a powerful engine of sea-going European trade from the early seventeenth century. Smaller states like Venice were unable to form these distant connections, and so to sustain a gunpowder army. Stronger states like France and Britain were able to do so, and became even more powerful as the demand for improved explosives fostered national strengths - leading to a development of the sciences, especially chemistry, in the former case, and of manufacturing techniques in the latter.

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While the SIRCHIE BV100 BlueView Gunpowder Particle Test Kit is a compact and efficient solution for the rapid detection of trace nitrates commonly found in gunpowder, its true value lies in its user-friendly design and reliable performance. This kit is an indispensable tool for law enforcement agencies, forensic labs, and other organizations that require quick and accurate gunpowder residue testing. When a firearm is discharged, gunpowder residue is often propelled back towards the shooter, leaving trace amounts on the shooter's hand. These microscopic residues can provide crucial information about whether a particular individual has recently fired a weapon. The SIRCHIE BV100 kit is designed to detect these residues swiftly and accurately.The kit comes in a convenient pouch format, eliminating the need for specialized training or equipment. It can be deployed in seconds, making it ideal for on-the-spot testing at crime scenes or during suspect apprehension. The process is simple: press the special collection lifter against the back and palm surfaces of both the suspect's hands, place the included ampoule in the center of the lifter, return it to the pouch, fold over the top, replace the clip, and crush the ampoule. After a quick shake, if gunpowder particles are present, blue specks or smears will appear within 3 to 6 minutes.The SIRCHIE BV100 BlueView Gunpowder Particle Test Kit is not just a tool, but a reliable partner in the field, designed to deliver accurate results when they matter most.

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When Chinese alchemists fashioned the first man-made explosion sometime during the tenth century, no one could have foreseen its full revolutionary potential. Invented to frighten evil spirits rather than fuel guns or bombs - neither of which had been thought of yet - their simple mixture of saltpeter, sulphur and charcoal went on to make the modern world possible. As word of its explosive properties spread from Asia to Europe, from pyrotechnics to battleships, it paved the way for Western exploration, hastened the end of feudalism and the rise of the nation state, and greased the wheels of the Industrial Revolution. With dramatic immediacy, journalist Jack Kelly depicts the era in which the 'devil's distillate' rose to conquer the world, and brings to rousing life the eclectic cast of characters who played a role in its epic story, including Michelangelo, Edward III, Vasco da Gama, Cortez, Guy Fawkes, Alfred Nobel and E. I. DuPont. A must-read for history fans and military buffs alike, Gunpowder brings together a rich terrain of cultures and technological innovations with authoritative research and swashbuckling style.

Guns have been linked with masculinity since their earliest days on European battlefields, and surviving treatises on gunpowder from the early fifteenth century describe in detail the kinds of strong, sober, and God-fearing men who could be trusted to use this new weapon. As the destructive capacity and military tactical value of gunpowder became more evident to European peoples over time, writers--especially German ones--expressed increasing anxiety about the disruptive potential that gunpowder weapons held for warrior masculinity, martial ethics, and the aesthetic traditions of war stories. Focused on early modern German texts of all kinds, including military manuals, poems, theological treatises, novels, and broadsheets, Gunpowder, Masculinity, and Warfare in German Texts, 1400-1700traces the cultural and literary history of gunpowder in German-speaking lands from the Hussite Wars into the literary aftermath of the Thirty Years War. Taking a long view of this textual and material history, author Patrick Brugh reveals that early conversations about firearms resonate with those today, including such topics as questions of masculine ethos and gun violence, the rights to self-defense and to bear arms, and the way new technologies change how we tell stories. PATRICK BRUGH is an administrator and affiliate assistant professor of German and gender studies at Loyola University Maryland.

Lauded as one of the finest books in the field of naval history, this comprehensive account of sixteenth-century galley warfare includes detailed descriptions of all major actions in the Mediterranean and around the Arabian peninsula. First published in 1974 and recently revised, the work is packed with technological insights into the strategy and tactics of galley warfare between the Ottoman Empire and its Spanish and Portuguese opponents. Among the many facets author John Guilmartin discusses are how the strategic considerations in galley warfare are substantially different from those in campaigns involving galleons or ships of the line, why the 1571 victory at Lepanto failed to have any long-term strategic consequences, and how the arquebus and musket, proved more suitable for action aboard ship than the crossbow or Turkish composite bow. This updated edition also includes new research into the orders of battle and ballistics, gunnery, and cannon founding. 17 photographs. 20 line drawings. 6 x 9 inches.

Gunpowder studies are still in their infancy despite the long-standing civil and military importance of this explosive since its discovery in China in the mid-ninth century AD. In this second volume by contributors who meet regularly at symposia of the International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC), the research is again rooted in the investigation of the technology of explosives manufacture, but the fact that the chapters range in scope from the Old World to the New, from sources of raw materials in south-east Asia to the complications of manufacture in the West, shows that the story is more than the simple one of how an intriguing product was made. This volume is the first to develop the implications of the subject, not just in the sense of relating it to changing military technologies, but in that of seeing the securing of gunpowder supplies as fundamental to the power of the state and imperial pretensions.The search for saltpetre, for example, an essential ingredient of gunpowder, became a powerful engine of sea-going European trade from the early seventeenth century. Smaller states like Venice were unable to form these distant connections, and so to sustain a gunpowder army. Stronger states like France and Britain were able to do so, and became even more powerful as the demand for improved explosives fostered national strengths - leading to a development of the sciences, especially chemistry, in the former case, and of manufacturing techniques in the latter.

Updated by recent research into orders of battles and ballistics, gunnery and cannon founding, this classic study outlines the naval wars between the Ottoman empire and its Christian opponents and illustrates the interaction between commerce and warfare in the 16th-century Mediterranean.

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Britain's most popular historian uncovers the truth about Guy Fawkes' plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

An exciting collection of recipes from the founders of the hugely popular restaurant Gunpowder.The famous gunpowder spice mix is a heady blend of pulses and spices, including chilli, curry leaves and asafoetida. It is a fitting title for this exciting collection of recipes from the founders of the hugely respected restaurant of the same name. In this beautiful book, complete with stunning photography, Harneet, Devina and Nirmal have managed to capture the bustle and flavours of their childhoods in Kolkata, and the intricacy of true homestyle dishes from across India. From Maa's Kashmiri Lamb Chops (which have garnered outstanding reviews from many restaurant critics) to Wild Rabbit Pulao, these exceptional recipes are impressively authentic, yet given a modern twist. Throughout the book, the authors share personal anecdotes about their recipes and give handy cheats to make things easier for the home cook, including time-saving tips and alternative ingredients. With chapters covering Small Plates, Big Plates, Sweet Plates & Drinks and Sides & Spice, Gunpowder is the perfect opportunity to create some of these widely admired dishes in your own home.

My name is Felicity Merriman, says a girl your age. Instead of shorts or jeans, shes wearing a long blue gown. Have you just arrived in the city? She must be one of the junior interpreters, you think. Shes really good, like an actor. You decide to play along. It seems so.Felicity nods. Many have arrived since the royal governor schemed to steal the colonists gunpowder in the dark of night. Patriots have been streaming into Williamsburg like a river in flood!What if you suddenly found yourself in Felicitys world during the American Revolution ? Together, you and Felicity could hang out at her fathers store, sip tea at the Governors Place--or get caught up in a gunpowder plot! As you read, you decide what happens next by choosing your own path through this multiple-ending story.

An ILLUSTRATED HISTORY PAPERBACK which provides an insight into the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and examines why Guy Fawkes was involved in a Catholic conspiracy to kill the royal family and government. First published in 1994.

The Gunpowder Plot of 1605--known at the time as the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason--was billed as a failed assassination plot against Protestant King James I of England by a group of English Catholics led by Robert Catesby. The official story was that the "conspirators" were going to blow up the House of Lords during the opening of England's Parliament on the 5th of November by igniting a massive cache of gunpowder stored in the cellars under the houses of Parliament. The alleged conspirators, we are told, hoped to inspire a widespread revolt in which a Catholic monarch could be placed on the throne. Also allegedly involved in the plot were a number of other Catholics including Guido "Guy" Fawkes, a veteran of the military. Fawkes was supposedly given charge of the explosives. One version of the "official" story is that he was caught in the act, just as he was lighting the fuse attached to the pile of gunpowder. At their trial on Jan. 27, 1606, eight of the survivors, including Fawkes, were convicted and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered. Almost all of them had confessed after weeks of brutal torture. The Protestant ruling elite subsequently continued cracking down on Catholicism in England. Catholics were hunted down, tortured, imprisoned or executed. Many Catholics went into hiding. But was the Gunpowder Plot a "false flag," where one group frames another for a crime for some political end? Did members of a government faction had set up the plot themselves using infiltrators and double agents? At the time, propaganda about the event was used to unify the people against Catholics, with state-sponsored holidays in which effigies of Guy Fawkes, in particular, were burned as the public lit bonfires and celebrated the foiling of the "dastardly" scheme. What's the truth? Find out in this special edition of an 1897 book by John Gerard, who bears the same name as one of the Catholic priests pursued for involvement in the Gunpowder Plot.

A Junior Library Guild Selection. With thousands of men off fighting in the Civil War, the government hired women and girls--some as young as ten--to make millions of rounds of ammunition. Poor immigrant girls and widows paid the price for carelessness at three major arsenals. Many of these workers were killed, blown up and burned beyond recognition. As Steve Sheinkin did with The Port Chicago 50, Tanya Anderson in Gunpowder Girls tells an amazing war story that finally gives its subjects their due. Hidden history comes alive through primary-source research and page-turning narrative. Gunpowder Girls is a story of child labor and immigrant hopes and the cruel, endless demands of an all-consuming war.

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"Gunpowder of the Rebel Flag" is the amazing story behind the gunpowder of the Confederate Army. On April 26th (1882), Col. (General) George W. Rains gave an address to the Confederate Survivors Association. This short book captures that speech and provides incredible details that are extremely hard to find. This book is ideal for Civil War historians but also as a gift for anyone interested in war strategy, rebel flags, logistics, and the Confederate States. Col. (General) George W. Rains covers an incredible variety of topics. Don't miss your opportunity to get a rare look into Civil War history. This material is extremely hard to find.

With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story, Antonia Fraser brings the characters and events of the Gunpowder Plot to life. Dramatically recreating the conditions and motives that surrounded the fateful night of 5 November 1605, she unravels the tangled web of religion and politics that spawned the plot. 'Told with impressive scholarship and panache...The result is a narrative that is clear, balanced, and builds to its denouement with a sense of pace and tension worthy of a John le Carre novel' John Adamson, Sunday Telegraph