Explosives In History The Story Of Black Powder
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Explosives In History
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Author : Norman B. Wilkinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Explosives In History written by Norman B. Wilkinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Gunpowder categories.
Gunpowder
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Author : Jack Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2009-04-27
Gunpowder written by Jack Kelly and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-27 with History categories.
When Chinese alchemists fashioned the first manmade 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, sulfur, 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, novelist and journalist Jack Kelly conveys both the distant time 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.
The Analysis Of Black Powder And Dynamite
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Author : Walter Otheman Snelling
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916
The Analysis Of Black Powder And Dynamite written by Walter Otheman Snelling and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with Dynamite categories.
Gunpowder
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Author : Brenda J. Buchanan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Gunpowder written by Brenda J. Buchanan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
Gunpowder Explosives And The State
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Author : Brenda J. Buchanan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-12-05
Gunpowder Explosives And The State written by Brenda J. Buchanan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-05 with History categories.
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.
Boom
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Author : Simon Quellen Field
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2017-07-01
Boom written by Simon Quellen Field and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-01 with Science categories.
Black powder, the world's first chemical explosive, was originally developed during the Tang dynasty in China.It was a crude mixture at first, but over time chemists discovered the optimum proportion of sulfur, charcoal, and nitrates, as well as the best way to mix them for a complete and powerful reaction. Author and chemistry buff Simon Quellen Field takes readers on a decades-long journey through the history of things that go boom, from the early days of black powder to today's modern plastic explosives. Not just the who, when, and why, but also the how. How did Chinese alchemists come to create black powder? What accidents led to the discovery of high explosives? How do explosives actually work on a molecular scale? Boom! The Chemistry and History of Explosives reviews the original papers and patents written by the chemists who invented them, to shed light on their development, to explore the consequences of their use for good and ill, and to give the reader a basic understanding of the chemistry that makes them possible.
Explosives In History
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Author : Norman B. Wilkinson
language : en
Publisher: Eleutherian Mills Hagley Found
Release Date : 1975-06-01
Explosives In History written by Norman B. Wilkinson and has been published by Eleutherian Mills Hagley Found this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975-06-01 with categories.
Gunpowder
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Author : Clive Ponting
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-11-30
Gunpowder written by Clive Ponting and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-30 with History categories.
For many, gunpowder is associated with Guy Fawkes and the attempt to blow up parliament on 5 November 1605. Fewer people know that the formula for gunpowder was in fact discovered more than 1,000 years ago - in China - and by accident - and was initially a medicine. This fascinating book tells the story of the huge impact of gunpowder on every state and empire in the world. For 400 years the Chinese kept it to themselves, until a Mongol soldier leaked the secret to the Islamic world, where gunpowder played a crucial role in the rise of the great empires of the Ottomans and the Mughals: the spectacular capture of Constantinople in 1453 was accomplished through new siege tactics, while India was conquered with muskets and artillery mounted on 700 carts held together with ox harnesses. Even more important was the impact of gunpowder on Europe, where new weapons created new states and helped Europeans go on to dominate the rest of the world. Packed with unexpected and interesting facts, Gunpowder is an exciting, devastating and important story.
Dangerous Energy
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Author : Wayne D. Cocroft
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2014-06-15
Dangerous Energy written by Wayne D. Cocroft and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-15 with History categories.
This book comprises a national study of the explosives industry and provides a framework for identification of its industrial archaeology and social history. Few monuments of gunpowder manufacture survive in Britain from the Middle Ages, although its existence is documented. Late 17th-century water-powered works are identifiable but sparse. In the later 18th century, however, the industry was transformed by state acquisition of key factories, notably at Faversham and at Waltham Abbey.In the mid-19th century developments in Britain paralleled those in continental Europe and in America, namely a shift to production on an industrial scale related to advances in armaments technology. The urgency and large-scale demands of the two world wars brought state-directed or state-led solutions to explosives production in the 20th century. Yhe book’s concluding section looks at planning, preservation, conservation and presentation in relation to prospective future uses of these sites.
Explosives
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Author : Arthur Marshall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1915
Explosives written by Arthur Marshall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1915 with Explosives categories.