gunpowder

Gore Glen was the site of Scotland's first industrial-scale gunpowder mill, which was established in 1794.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

The area around Saint-Médard-en-Jalles was home to royal gunpowder works dating to the 17th century reign of Louis XIV, more than a century before the surrounding Landes forest was planted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Blake had gunpowder residue on his body, which he explained by saying he’d been at target practice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Navy officials have said the new battleship would be armed with unproven next-generation weapons including lasers and rail guns, which are weapons that use electricity to fire a projectile instead of gunpowder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

A Jesuit mathematician did the geometry calculations to determine the distance to a stockpile of gunpowder the Dutch had brought ashore and the angle of elevation at which the cannon should be set.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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 George Washington Rains

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

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