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• Gunpowder — For other meanings, see gunpowder (disambiguation). Black powder for muzzleloading rifles and pistols in FFFG granulation size. Coin (diameter 24 mm) for comparison. Gunpowder, also known since in the late 19th century as black powder, was the… …   Wikipedia

• artillery — /ahr til euh ree/, n. 1. mounted projectile firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms. 2. the troops or the branch of an army concerned with the use and service of such weapons. 3.… …   Universalium

• Charles-Étienne-François Ruty — A contemporary portrait of General Count Ruty. Born 4 November 1774 …   Wikipedia

• The Guns of Avalon — Infobox Book | name = The Guns of Avalon title orig = translator = image caption = Dust jacket illustration from the first edition author = Roger Zelazny cover artist = Emanuel Schongut country = United States language = English series = The… …   Wikipedia

• Anvil launching — Anvil launching, also known as an anvil shoot , is a practice that was once common in the Southern United States. It involves using gunpowder to fire an anvil into the air. Often two anvils are used: one as a base (placed upside down), and one as …   Wikipedia

• Song Yingxing — (Traditional Chinese:宋應星; Simplified Chinese:宋应星; Wade Giles: Sung Ying Hsing; 1587 1666 AD) was a Chinese scientist and encyclopedist who lived during the late Ming Dynasty (1368 1644). He was the author of an encyclopedia that covered a wide… …   Wikipedia

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• Iron filings — are very small pieces of iron that look like a dark powder. They are very often used in science demonstrations to show the direction of a magnetic field. Since iron is a ferromagnetic material, a magnetic field induces each particle to become a… …   Wikipedia

• potassium nitrate — Chem. a crystalline compound, KNO3, produced by nitrification in soil, and used in gunpowders, fertilizers, and preservatives; saltpeter; niter. [1880 85] * * * …   Universalium

• industrial polymers, major — Introduction       chemical compounds used in the manufacture of synthetic industrial materials.       In the commercial production of plastics, elastomers, man made fibres, adhesives, and surface coatings, a tremendous variety of polymers are… …   Universalium

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