Gunpowder

Author : Jack Kelly
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786739004

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Gunpowder by Jack Kelly Pdf

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 : Devina Seth,Harneet Baweja,Nirmal Save
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780857835475

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Gunpowder by Devina Seth,Harneet Baweja,Nirmal Save Pdf

Named one of the top 20 new cookbooks of 2018 by the Independent An exciting collection of recipes from the founders of the hugely respected Gunpowder restaurant. In this beautiful book, complete with stunning photography, Harneet, Devina and Nirmal have managed to capture the bustle and flavours of their childhoods in Kolkata, and the intricacy of true homestyle dishes from across India. From Maa's Kashmiri Lamb Chops (which have garnered outstanding reviews from many restaurant critics) to Wild Rabbit Pulao, these exceptional recipes are impressively authentic, yet given a modern twist. Throughout the book, the authors share personal anecdotes about their recipes and give handy cheats to make things easier for the home cook, including time-saving tips and alternative ingredients. With chapters covering Small Plates, Big Plates, Sweet Plates & Drinks and Sides & Spice, Gunpowder is the perfect opportunity to create some of these widely admired dishes in your own home.

Author : Tonio Andrade
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691178141

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The Gunpowder Age by Tonio Andrade Pdf

A first look at gunpowder's revolutionary impact on China's role in global history The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four centuries before the technology passed to the West. But by the early 1800s, China had fallen so far behind the West in gunpowder warfare that it was easily defeated by Britain in the Opium War of 1839–42. What happened? In The Gunpowder Age, Tonio Andrade offers a compelling new answer, opening a fresh perspective on a key question of world history: why did the countries of western Europe surge to global importance starting in the 1500s while China slipped behind? Historians have long argued that gunpowder weapons helped Europeans establish global hegemony. Yet the inhabitants of what is today China not only invented guns and bombs but also, as Andrade shows, continued to innovate in gunpowder technology through the early 1700s—much longer than previously thought. Why, then, did China become so vulnerable? Andrade argues that one significant reason is that it was out of practice fighting wars, having enjoyed nearly a century of relative peace, since 1760. Indeed, he demonstrates that China—like Europe—was a powerful military innovator, particularly during times of great warfare, such as the violent century starting after the Opium War, when the Chinese once again quickly modernized their forces. Today, China is simply returning to its old position as one of the world's great military powers. By showing that China’s military dynamism was deeper, longer lasting, and more quickly recovered than previously understood, The Gunpowder Age challenges long-standing explanations of the so-called Great Divergence between the West and Asia.

Author : Derek B Lowe
Publisher : Union Square + ORM
Page : 1311 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781454917281

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The Chemistry Book by Derek B Lowe Pdf

An engaging and lushly illustrated guide to the greatest achievements, discoveries, and innovations in the world of chemistry. This authoritative volume traces the history of chemistry from ancient observations to cutting edge experiments, presenting a total of 250 milestones. From iron smelting to the discovery of the atom, and from fluorescent pigments to sulfa drug synthesis and buckyballs, The Chemistry Book explores both world-changing developments and mind-blowing mysteries. As the “central science” that bridges biology and physics, chemistry plays an important role in countless medical and technological advances. Covering entertaining stories and unexpected applications, chemist and journalist Derek B. Lowe introduces readers to this endlessly fascinating branch of science.

Author : Eli Brown
Publisher : Picador
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250050189

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Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown Pdf

The year is 1819, and the renowned chef Owen Wedgwood has been kidnapped by a beautiful yet ruthless pirate. He will be spared, Mad Hannah Mabbot tells him, as long as he can conjure an exquisite meal every Sunday from the ship's meager supplies. While Wedgwood attempts to satisfy his captor with feats such as tea-smoked eel and pineapple-banana cider, he realizes that Mabbot herself is under siege. Hunted by a deadly privateer and plagued by a saboteur, she pushes her crew past exhaustion in her search for the notorious Brass Fox. But there is a method to Mabbot's madness, and as the Flying Rose races across the ocean, Wedgwood learns to rely on the bizarre crew members he once feared: a formidable giant who loves to knit; a pair of stoic martial arts masters, sworn to defend their captain; and the ship's deaf cabin boy, who becomes the son he never had. An anarchic tale of love and appetite, Eli Brown's Cinnamon and Gunpowder is a wildly original feat of the imagination, deep and startling as the sea itself.

Author : Joe Hill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Life on other planets
ISBN : UOM:39015084099517

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Gunpowder by Joe Hill Pdf

Author : David Cressy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199695751

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Saltpeter by David Cressy Pdf

The story of the science, the technology, the politics and the military applications of saltpeter - the vital but mysterious substance that governments from the Tudors to the Victorians regarded as an 'inestimable treasure'.

Author : Joseph Needham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1987-01-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0521303583

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Science and Civilisation in China, Part 7, Military Technology: The Gunpowder Epic by Joseph Needham Pdf

The Gunpowder Epic is one of three planned publications on military technology within Dr Needham's immense undertaking. The discovery of gunpowder in China by the 9th century AD was followed by its rapid applications. It is now clear that the whole development from bombs and grenades to the invention of the metal-barrel hand gun took place in the Chinese culture area before Europeans had any knowledge of the mixture itself. Uses in civil engineering and mechanical engineering were equally important, before the knowledge of gunpowder spread to Europe in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Dr Needham's new work continues to demonstrate the major importance of Chinese science and technology to world history and maintains the tradition of one of the great scholarly works of the twentieth century.

Author : J. H. Clarke
Publisher : B. Jain Publishers
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Homeopathic remedies
ISBN : 8170216583

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Gunpowder As a War Remedy by J. H. Clarke Pdf

J.H.Clarke is not unfamiliar in the Homoeopathic World. He has rendered immense service to the mankind by following the fundamental principles laid down by the MASTER in ORGANON

Author : Mark Nicholls
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0719032253

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Investigating Gunpowder Plot by Mark Nicholls Pdf

"This book takes a fresh look at the most famous treason case in English history, a complex tale of treachery, suspicion, rebellion and retribution. [The author] shows how, starting with the most slender of leads, the Jacobean government built up a full picture of the conspiracy and tracked down the guilty men and brought them to justice. The story does not end with the bloody executions of Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators in 1606. For the first time in a book on the Gunpowder treason, [the author] investigates in depth the role in the plot played by the ninth earl of Northumberland, seen by many as the plotters' logical choice for a protector of the realm after blast, who was imprisoned in the Tower for sixteen years on suspicion of complicity. By examining the earl's political career in the years around 1605, the author shows how the government investigations, though shedding much light on the plot, never revealed the whole truth. [The author] cuts through the distortions of centuries of political and religious propaganda to explain the real motives of the Gunpowder plotters. [The author] disposes of the 'conspiracy theory, ' which holds that the king's chief minister, Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, framed the conspirators for his own political purposes, and ... sheds considerable light on the workings of early Jacobean government, particularly the privy council. [This book] should appeal to anyone interested in English history, as well as historians and students of seventeenth-century England"--

Author : James Riddick Partington
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0801859549

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A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder by James Riddick Partington Pdf

For nearly 600 years, from battles of the early 14th century to the dropping of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima, firearms derived from gunpowder and other chemicals defined the frightful extent of war. In this classic work, first published in 1960, distinguished historian James Riddick Partington provides a worldwide survey of the evolution of incendiary devices, Greek fire, and gunpowder. 21 illustrations.

Author : Patrick Brugh
Publisher : Changing Perspectives on Early
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781580469685

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Gunpowder, Masculinity, and Warfare in German Texts, 1400-1700 by Patrick Brugh Pdf

How gunpowder technology exploded heroes, heroics, and war stories from 1400 to 1700, and how German writers tried to glue them back together

Author : Henry Pratap Phillips
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9789352067633

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The History and Chronology of Gunpowder and Gunpowder Weapons (c.1000 to 1850) by Henry Pratap Phillips Pdf

Gunpowder has been considered as one of the most important discoveries made by man after the wheel. Interestingly, the origin of gunpowder is still shrouded in uncertainty. Nobody can definitely say who actually invented gunpowder and when. Common belief has it that gunpowder was invented in China and then came to India via the Silk Route. Studies done by the author show that gunpowder was actually invented in India went to China via the trade routes, from where it was showcased to World. With gunpowder, came the development of weapons, which changed the course of wars and changed the very course of history. An analysis of various weapons, their development and chronology has been systematically discussed. It covers the time period from 1000 AD to 1850 AD. The end period, 1850 AD, has been chosen as the cutoff date since percussion weapons came into vogue after that period and are well-documented in history. The start date, 1000 AD, is chosen on purpose to give a small margin to encompass any aberrations in discovery of gunpowder. The author sincerely hoped that this work would form a platform from which other studies/ research could be conducted by future arms historians.

Author : Moumita Chowdhury
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000603972

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Empire and Gunpowder by Moumita Chowdhury Pdf

This book focuses on the relation between technology, warfare and state in South Asia in the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries. It explores how gunpowder and artillery played a pivotal role in the military ascendancy of the East India Company in India. The monograph argues that the contemporary Indian military landscape was extremely dynamic, with contemporary indigenous polities (Mysore, the Maratha Confederacy and the Khalsa Kingdom) attempting to transform their military systems by modelling their armies on European lines. It shows how the Company established an edge through an efficient bureaucracy and a standardised manufacturing system, while the Indian powers primarily focused on continuous innovation and failed to introduce standardisation of production. Drawing on archival records from India and the UK, this volume makes a significant intervention in our understanding of the rise of the British Empire in South Asia. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of history, especially military history, military and strategic studies and South Asian studies.

Author : John Murphy
Publisher : 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781499469202

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The Chinese Invent Gunpowder by John Murphy Pdf

Few inventions have changed the world as much as gunpowder has. But did you know that its creation may date back nearly 2,000 years? It’s one of the so-called Four Great Inventions of China, and it likely all started with an accident. In this in-depth book, readers will learn more about the long and intricate background of gunpowder, from its unlikely beginnings to its use in old Chinese weapons and fireworks and its spread throughout the world. Photos give more background to the text, while extra features such as sidebars encourage further curiosity.