Gunpowder : alchemy, bombards, and pyrotechnics : the history of the explosive that changed the world
Title:
Gunpowder : alchemy, bombards, and pyrotechnics : the history of the explosive that changed the world
Author:
Kelly, Jack, 1949-
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, [2004]
©2004
Physical Description:
x, 261 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Prologue: the devil's distillate -- Fire drug -- Thundring noyse -- The most pernicious arts -- The devills birds -- Villainous saltpetre -- Conquest's crimson wing -- Nitro-aerial spirit -- No one reasons -- What victory costs -- History out of control -- The meeting of heaven and earth -- Appalling grandeur -- The old article -- Epilogue: something new.
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Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0411/2003025536.html
ISBN:
9780465037186
Format :
Book
