Gunpowder

the author talks about how the world was fascinated by the idea of explosives. There were many benefits, but as well as harms to those who had it. He goes into further explanation on the history of them, starting his book off with the invention of gunpowder. There are many different kinds of explosives he talks about in his book, and he even brings up how these inventions had many modifications to them for certain requirements. He also talks about dynamite, TNT explosives, and the hydrogen bomb.…

To this day, scientists still don’t know if he was talking about gunpowder, but it is the only known substance to match the description of “flying violently” and “three substances combined”. The next appearance came in an easier to understand form. In the Chin dynasty, Ge Hong, a scientist of the time, wrote of the powder and its ingredients containing charcoal, sulphur and potassium nitrate. The last gunpowder appearance since projectile weapons occurred in the Tan’g dynasty when Chinese…

The crossbow was a pretty common weapon in China until the invention of gunpowder. The crossbow was composed of several pieces,”This is a weapon based on the bow, featuring a horizontal bow-like assembly called a prod, which is then mounted on a stock. It shoots projectiles that are sometimes called bolts or quarrels.”-William…

for musket and gunpowder storage in a great location of the city. In its high walls and narrow staircase defense, the gunpowder incident influencing the war outcome with anger, and a lesson to have better guards and spread out weapons, the Magazine exemplifies importance across periods of time. As colonial times did not require preparation for surprise ambushes, the narrow staircase and isolate entrance provided by the Magazine gave the needed protection to safely store gunpowder and muskets.…

China’s trade growth began as early as the Han dynasty between 202 BCE and 220 CE. This era brought expansion of Chinese territory and new connections with the Indian and Parthian civilizations to the West. As Chinese technology and culture advanced, greater international interactions facilitated the growth of trade. The products exported from China were very high quality specialized goods and commercial crops, like silk, porcelain, and oranges. China’s control of the trade networks directed the…

plays, including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, among others. 9. “King Lear”, “Macbeth” and “Antony and Cleopatra” were all written in the same year, 1606. Thins year was very eventful, and it inspired Shakespeare to write. The Gunpowder Plot, the plague and the rumored assassination of King James, happened months before Macbeth was first performed. 10. Shapiro mentions court masques in the Prologue of the book. He says that this new dramatic form has been competing with…

looked for further wealth in the “New World.” Tools such as their weapons like the musket, which was developed through experimentation with gunpowder. Gunpowder brought to the Europeans from China, where it was used primarily for fireworks and entertainment. Robert Strayer illustrates how gunpowder was transferred in this age of trade, “the Chinese formula for gunpowder, invented around 1000,became available in Europe, together with some early and simple firearms, these innovations triggered the…

convened, and they went to the Invalides to steal weapons.4 The Invalides refers to The Hôtel national des Invalides, a set of buildings in Paris.5 At the Invalides they managed to steal about twenty-eight thousand rifles, but they did not find any gunpowder. They knew of an important prison that happened to be a symbol of the king's absolute power,…

Although the origins of gunpowder dates back to ninth century, its actual use in war was scarce until the powder could be used in a practical way. When its development led to handguns in the mid 15th century, the seemingly small canons at the time established what is now the modern…

thinner and is more adaptable than poetry from earlier times. The demand for porcelain was on the rise with the appearance of wealth and even a work of art. Daoist alchemists made the discovery of gunpowder while trying to create an elixir that prolongs life.”By the mid-tenth century, they were using gunpowder in bamboo “fire lances,” a kind of flamethrower, and by the eleventh century they had fashioned primitive bombs”. Printing became common during the Tang Dynasty, Buddhists texts,…