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Author : J. Herbert Hunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Explosives, Military
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU55710794
Author : G. I. Brown,Adam Hart-Davis
Publisher : History PressLtd
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : 0750937920
'Great blasts from the past and how it all started with a few fireworks' THE GUARDIAN
Author : Oscar Guttmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Explosives
ISBN : NYPL:33433057640066
Author : Jack Kelly
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786739004
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 than fuel guns or bombs-neither of which had been thought of yet-their simple mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal went on to make the modern world possible. As word of its explosive properties spread from Asia to Europe, from pyrotechnics to battleships, it paved the way for Western exploration, hastened the end of feudalism and the rise of the nation state, and greased the wheels of the Industrial Revolution. With dramatic immediacy, novelist and journalist Jack Kelly conveys both the distant time in which the "devil's distillate" rose to conquer the world, and brings to rousing life the eclectic cast of characters who played a role in its epic story, including Michelangelo, Edward III, Vasco da Gama, Cortez, Guy Fawkes, Alfred Nobel, and E.I. DuPont. A must-read for history fans and military buffs alike, Gunpowder brings together a rich terrain of cultures and technological innovations with authoritative research and swashbuckling style.
Author : Arthur Marshall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Explosives
ISBN : NYPL:33433090729249
Author : Simon Quellen Field
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781613738085
Black powder, the world's first chemical explosive, was originally developed during the Tang dynasty in China.It was a crude mixture at first, but over time chemists discovered the optimum proportion of sulfur, charcoal, and nitrates, as well as the best way to mix them for a complete and powerful reaction. Author and chemistry buff Simon Quellen Field takes readers on a decades-long journey through the history of things that go boom, from the early days of black powder to today's modern plastic explosives. Not just the who, when, and why, but also the how. How did Chinese alchemists come to create black powder? What accidents led to the discovery of high explosives? How do explosives actually work on a molecular scale? Boom! The Chemistry and History of Explosives reviews the original papers and patents written by the chemists who invented them, to shed light on their development, to explore the consequences of their use for good and ill, and to give the reader a basic understanding of the chemistry that makes them possible.
Author : G I Brown
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780752476148
This entertaining and informative book tells the dramatic tale of explosives from gunpowder to the H-bomb. Laying the emphasis on the lives of the people involved, on the diverse uses of explosives and on their social and historical impact, the author relates a story of remarkable international and human endeavour. Many of those involved - Roger Bacon, Guy Fawkes, Alfred Nobel, Robert Oppenheimer - are famed worldwide; others, such as C F Schonbein, William Bickford, Sir Frederick Abel and Charles E Munroe, though less well-known, also played critical roles. Alongside their achievements, this book highlights the uses and impact of explosives in both war and terrorism, and in civil engineering, quarrying, mining, demolition, fireworks manufacture and shooting for sport. In many cases explosives are seen to have had a significant historical impact as, for example, in the early use of gunpowder in the American Civil War, the defeat of the Spanish Armada, and the worldwide opening up of canals and railways.
Author : Arthur Pine Van Gelder,Hugo Schlatter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1210 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Explosives
ISBN : UOM:39015010473992
A narrative history of the explosives industry in the United States and Canada that discusses the technical development of the industry as well its commercial history.
Author : George Ingham Brown
Publisher : Alan Sutton Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015043764318
This entertaining and informative book tells the dramatic tale of explosives, which have provided the world's most powerful source of portable energy for over a thousand years. Laying the emphasis on the lives of the people involved, on the diverse uses of explosives and on their social and historical impact, the author relates a story of remarkable international human endeavour.
Author : Norman B. Wilkinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Gunpowder
ISBN : OCLC:12123353
Author : Colin F. Baxter
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813175317
The noted historian offers “a compelling sociohistorical account of an often overlooked yet critical” WWII explosive twice as powerful as TNT (Choice). During the early years of World War II, American ships crossing the Atlantic were virtually defenseless against German U-boats. Bombs and torpedoes fitted with TNT barely dented the hulls of Axis naval vessels. Then, seemingly overnight, a top-secret manufacturing plant appeared near Kingsport, Tennessee, producing a sugar-white substance called Research Department Explosive, code name RDX. Twice as deadly as TNT and overshadowed only by the atomic bomb, RDX proved to be pivotal in the Battle of the Atlantic and directly contributed to the Allied victory in WWII. In The Secret History of RDX, Colin F. Baxter documents the journey of the super-explosive from conceptualization at Woolwich Arsenal in England to mass production at Holston Ordnance Works in east Tennessee. Baxter examines the debates between RDX advocates and their opponents and explores the use of the explosive in the bomber war over Germany, in the naval war in the Atlantic, and as a key element in the trigger device of the atomic bomb. Drawing on archival records and interviews with individuals who worked at the Kingsport “powder plant,” Baxter illuminates both the explosive’s military significance and its impact on the lives of ordinary Americans involved in the war industry. Much more than a technical account, this study assesses the social and economic impact of the military-industrial complex on small communities on the home front.
Author : Peter O. K. Krehl
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1288 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540304210
This unique and encyclopedic reference work describes the evolution of the physics of modern shock wave and detonation from the earlier and classical percussion. The history of this complex process is first reviewed in a general survey. Subsequently, the subject is treated in more detail and the book is richly illustrated in the form of a picture gallery. This book is ideal for everyone professionally interested in shock wave phenomena.
Author : William Bradford Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Explosives, Military
ISBN : WISC:89053206918
The author uses research and pictoral elements to discuss the history of explosive manufacturing in the United States during World War I.
Author : Jacqueline Akhavan
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781847552020
"Revised and expanded to reflect new developments in the field, this book outlines the basic principles required to understand the chemical processes of explosives. The Chemistry of Explosives provides an overview of the history of explosives, taking the reader to future developments. The text on the classification of explosive materials contains much data on the physical parameters of primary and secondary explosives. The explosive processes of deflagration and detonation, including the theory of 'hotspots' for the detonation process, are introduced and many examples are provided in the detailed description on the thermochemistry of explosives. New material includes coverage of the latest explosive compositions, such as high temperature explosives, nitrocubanes, energetic polymers, plasticizers and insensitive munitions (IM). This concise, readable book is ideal for 'A' level students and new graduates with no previous knowledge of explosive materials. With detailed information on a vast range of explosives in tabular form and an extensive bibliography, this book will also be useful to anyone needing succinct information on the subject."
Author : George William MacDonald
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 026044510X
Excerpt from Historical Papers on Modern Explosives About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.