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" Gunpowder : "
Jack Kelly.
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BL
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Record Number
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104965
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Doc. No
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b62510
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Main Entry
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Kelly, Jack,1949-
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Title & Author
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Gunpowder : : alchemy, bombards, and pyrotechnics : the history of the explosive that changed the world /\ Jack Kelly.
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Publication Statement
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New York :: Basic Books,, c2004.
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Page. NO
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p. cm.
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ISBN
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0465037186
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Contents
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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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Subject
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Gunpowder-- History.
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Dewey Classification
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662/.26
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LC Classification
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TP272.K45 2004
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