Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive That Changed the World

Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive That Changed the World - Paperback

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Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive That Changed the World - Paperback

Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive That Changed the World - Paperback

by Jack Kelly
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"When Chinese alchemists fashioned the first manmade explosion sometime during the tenth century, no one could have foreseen its full revolutionary potential. Invented to frighten evil spirits rather t"
ISBN9780465037223
Author Jack Kelly
PublisherBasic Books
GenreHistory and Technology
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2005
LanguageENG- English
Pages272
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive That Changed the World

Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive That Changed the World - Paperback

Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive That Changed the World - Paperback

By Jack Kelly

About Jack Kelly

JACK KELLY is an award-winning author and historian. His books include Band of Giants, which received the DAR History Medal, and God Save Benedict Arnold, a Finalist for the New England Book Awards. He has published five novels, and is a New York Foundation for the Arts fellow in Nonfiction Literature. Kelly has appeared on The History Channel, National Public Radio, and C-Span. He lives in New York's Hudson Valley.

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