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Gunpowder, Explosives and the State
Gunpowder studies are still in their infancy despite the long-standing civil and military importance of this explosive since its discovery in China in the mid-ninth century AD. In this second volume by contributors who meet regularly at symposia of the International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC), the research is again rooted in the investigation of the technology of explosives manufacture, but the fact that the chapters range in scope from the Old World to the New, from sources of raw materials in south-east Asia to the complications of manufacture in the West, shows that the story is more than the simple one of how an intriguing product was made. This volume is the first...
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Bulletin des acquisitions étrangères de la Bibliothèque nationale
Bulletin des acquisitions du département des imprimés de la Bibliothèque nationale : livres étrangers, livres anciens et cartes. Acquisitions, dons, dépôt international
