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1. Gunpowder: Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive. It consists of a mixture of sulfur, carbon (in the form of charcoal) and potassium nitrate (saltpeter). (Explosive once used as propellant in firearms) [100%] 2021-12-23 [Gunpowder] [Chinese inventions]...
2. Gunpowder: Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive. It consists of a mixture of sulfur, carbon (in the form of charcoal) and potassium nitrate (saltpeter). (Chemistry) [100%] 2023-11-14 [Firearm propellants] [Rocket fuels]...
3. Gunpowder: Gunpowder is a major invention that has been essential for warfare for five or more centuries. It is a chemical mixture which burns extremely rapidly, and was used as a propellant in early small arms and cannons. [100%] 2023-02-14 [Gunpowder]
4. Gunpowder: Gunpowder (a generic term that includes black powder and smokeless powder) is a propellant that has been used in firearms and fireworks. The gases generated by burning gunpowder create enough pressure to propel a bullet, but not enough to destroy ... [100%] 2023-02-07
5. Gunpowder: Gunpowder is a low-explosive substance that is used as a propellant in firearms. It burns rapidly and produces a large amount of gas, which produces a pressure wave inside the gun barrel, sufficient to propel a shot charge, bullet ... [100%] 2023-02-04
6. Gunpowder: Gunpowder, an explosive composed of saltpetre, charcoal and sulphur. Very few substances have had a greater effect on civilization than gunpowder. Its employment altered the whole art of war, and its influence gradually and indirectly permeated and affected the whole ... [100%] 2022-09-02
7. Gunpowder Plot: The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was an unsuccessful attempted regicide against King James I by a group of English Catholics led by Robert Catesby who considered their ... (1605 failed attempt to assassinate King James I) [70%] 2023-11-12 [Gunpowder Plot] [17th century in London]...
8. Gunpowder Incident: The Gunpowder Incident (or Gunpowder Affair) was a conflict early in the American Revolutionary War between Lord Dunmore, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, and militia led by Patrick Henry. On April 20, 1775, one day after the ... (1775 conflict of the American Revolutionary War) [70%] 2024-01-13 [1775 in the Thirteen Colonies] [Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War]...
9. Gunpowder Plot: The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, was a failed assassination/revolution attempt by a group of provincial English Roman Catholics against King James I of England and VI of Scotland. The plot intended to kill the king, his family, and most ... [70%] 2023-02-14 [British politics] [Coups]...
10. Gunpowder River: The Gunpowder River is a 6.8-mile-long (10.9 km) tidal inlet on the western side of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, United States. It is formed by the joining of two freshwater rivers, Gunpowder Falls (often referred ... [70%] 2023-10-28 [Rivers of Baltimore County, Maryland] [Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay]...
11. Gunpowder Plot: The 1605 Gunpowder Plot was a failed attempt by pro-Catholic conspirators to blow up the English Parliament on 5 November and kill King James I of England (r. 1603-1625) and the entire nobility along with him. The plot ... [70%] 2021-04-29
12. Gunpowder Plot: Gunpowder Plot, the name given to a conspiracy for blowing up King James I. and the parliament on the 5th of November 1605. To understand clearly the nature and origin of the famous conspiracy, it is necessary to recall the ... [70%] 2022-09-02
13. Gunpowder Incident: The Gunpowder Incident occurred one day after the Battle of Lexington and Concord in Williamsburg, Virginia. Lord Dunmore issued orders to remove gunpowder from the magazine in Williamsburg, which caused a huge controversy with local colonists. [70%] 2023-02-08 [Gun Control]
14. Gunpowder Plot: The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was the plan by a group of militant Roman Catholics to murder the Protestant King James I of England (James VI of Scotland) and the political leaders of England by blowing up the Palace of ... [70%] 2023-02-18 [British History] [Terrorism]...
15. Gunpowder Plot: The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 (C.E.) was a failed attempt by a group of provincial English Catholics to kill the Protestant King James I of England, his family, and most of the Protestant aristocracy in one fell swoop by ... [70%] 2023-02-04
16. Gunpowder Meetinghouse: Gunpowder Meetinghouse is a historic Methodist church located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Harford County, Maryland. It is a one-room brick structure that may date to 1773. (Historic church in Maryland, United States) [70%] 2022-11-17 [Methodist churches in Maryland] [Churches in Harford County, Maryland]...
17. Gunpowder Milkshake (soundtrack): Gunpowder Milkshake (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2021 film Gunpowder Milkshake, directed by Navot Papushado. The film score is composed by Frank Ilfman, which was released through Milan Records on July 9, 2021, five days before ... (Soundtrack) [57%] 2024-08-08 [2021 soundtrack albums] [Milan Records soundtracks]...
18. Gunpowder Plot in popular culture: The Gunpowder Plot was a failed assassination attempt against King James VI of Scotland and I of England by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby. The conspirators' aim was to blow up the House of Lords ... [44%] 2023-01-05 [Cultural depictions of terrorists] [Gunpowder Plot]...
19. Gunpowder weapons in the Ming dynasty: The Ming dynasty continued to improve on gunpowder weapons from the Yuan and Song dynasties. During the early Ming period larger and more cannons were used in warfare. (Firearms used during 14th - 17th century China) [40%] 2023-09-10 [Timelines of Chinese dynasties] [Military history of the Ming dynasty]...
20. Gunpowder weapons in the Song dynasty: Gunpowder weapons in the Song dynasty included fire arrows, gunpowder lit flamethrowers, soft shell bombs, hard shell iron bombs, fire lances, and possibly early cannons known as "eruptors". The eruptors, such as the "multiple bullets magazine eruptors" (bǎi-zi lián ... (Engineering) [40%] 2023-08-29 [Cannon]
21. Gunpowder artillery in the Middle Ages: Gunpowder artillery in the Middle Ages primarily consisted of the introduction of the cannon, large tubular firearms designed to fire a heavy projectile over a long distance. Guns, bombs, rockets and cannons were first invented in China during the Han ... (Historical military technology) [40%] 2022-12-06 [Medieval artillery] [Cannon]...
22. Byzantine gunpowder: Byzantine gunpowder, fire tubes and rocketry Byzantine gunpowder, fire tubes and rocketry existed since early middle ages. At about 668 AD engineer Kallinikos presented a variant of the older incendiary substances which consisted of nitric acid, carbon, tar, petroleum, lime ... [70%] 2023-01-27 [Gunpowder] [Fire-tube]...
23. History of gunpowder: Gunpowder is the first explosive to have been developed. Popularly listed as one of the "Four Great Inventions" of China, it was invented during the late Tang dynasty (9th century) while the earliest recorded chemical formula for gunpowder dates to ... [57%] 2021-12-24 [Warfare of the Middle Ages] [Warfare of the Early Modern period]...
24. Dublin gunpowder explosion: The Dublin gunpowder explosion was a large explosion that took place on the quays of Dublin on 11 March 1597. The explosion demolished as many as forty houses, and left dozens of others badly damaged. [57%] 2023-12-22 [1597 in Ireland] [Explosions in Ireland]...
25. History of gunpowder: Gunpowder is the first explosive to have been developed. Popularly listed as one of the "Four Great Inventions" of China, it was invented during the late Tang dynasty (9th century) while the earliest recorded chemical formula for gunpowder dates to ... (Chemistry) [57%] 2022-11-20 [History of chemistry]
26. John Grant (Gunpowder Plot): John Grant (c. 1570 – 30 January 1606) was a member of the failed Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to replace the Protestant King James I of England with a Catholic monarch. (Gunpowder Plot) [50%] 2023-04-07 [People from Stratford-on-Avon District] [1570s births]...
27. Timeline of the gunpowder age: This is a timeline of the history of gunpowder and related topics such as weapons, warfare, and industrial applications. The timeline covers the history of gunpowder from the first hints of its origin as a Taoist alchemical product in China ... (Chemistry) [44%] 2021-12-22 [History of chemistry]
28. Timeline of the gunpowder age: This is a timeline of the history of gunpowder and related topics such as weapons, warfare, and industrial applications. The timeline covers the history of gunpowder from the first hints of its origin as a Taoist alchemical product in China ... [44%] 2021-12-23 [Historical timelines] [Warfare of the Middle Ages]...
29. Historiography of gunpowder and gun transmission: In the history of gunpowder there are a range of theories about the transmission of the knowledge of gunpowder and guns from Imperial China to the rest of the world following the Song, Jin and Yuan dynasties. The earliest bronze ... (Chemistry) [40%] 2024-09-07 [History of chemistry]