gunpowder
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"Jagger Strang did not make a bomb, nor did he intend to - he made some gunpowder," Miskin said.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Like many historians, Ms. Fletcher warns against exaggerating the physical and psychological effect of gunpowder weapons upon indigenous peoples who were unfamiliar with such technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
His mother doesn't acknowledge that Ruben is a loose cannon loaded with vast quantities of gunpowder.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
Authorities vowed to stabilize investment with more fiscal gunpowder from the central government, according to the Xinhua readout of the gathering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
There was no smoke, no gunpowder smell, absolutely no sound at all.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Danger in Manufacture.—In the case of the old gunpowders, the most dangerous manufacturing operation was incorporation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
The final testing is by firing proofs, as in the case of the old gunpowders.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
The adoption by the French government of the comparatively smokeless nitrocellulose explosive of Paul Vieille in 1887 practically put an end to the old forms of gunpowders.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
The foregoing appliances enabled accurate comparisons to be made at all points between different gunpowders, and to determine the various matters required in the manufacture of the first quality for the various arms of service.
From History of the Confederate Powder Works by Rains, George Washington
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