Gunpowder
22 entries in the Gunpowder compendium.
Bedil (term)Maritime Southeast Asian term for gunpowder weapons.EurencoFrench state-owned explosives and propellant manufacturer with global operations.FlarePyrotechnic device producing light or heat for signaling or countermeasures.Fragmentation (weaponry)Fragments from explosive weapons are the primary lethal mechanism.Fuse (explosives)A device that initiates an explosive or pyrotechnic reaction.Gunpowder IncidentEarly Revolutionary conflict over gunpowder in Virginia.Hercules Inc.Major U.S. producer of smokeless powder and specialty chemicals.Historiography of gunpowder and gun transmissionScholars debate whether gunpowder reached Europe via transmission or independent invention.History of gunpowderThe first explosive, invented in Tang-dynasty China.Timeline of the gunpowder ageFrom alchemical origins to smokeless powder, a global chronology.Gunpowder magazineBuildings for safe storage of explosive gunpowder in barrels.Nitre and Mining BureauCivilian bureau supplying the Confederacy with gunpowder materials.Potassium nitrateKey oxidizer in black powder and historic saltpetre.Powder flaskContainer for gunpowder used with muzzle-loading firearms before paper cartridges.Powder hornA personal container for gunpowder, often made from animal horn.Powder kegA barrel for gunpowder and a metaphor for volatile regions.Powder monkeyYouths who ferried gunpowder aboard naval warships.Ryūsei (signal rocket)A traditional Japanese signal rocket with slow-burning gunpowder.Shell (projectile)A projectile with explosive, incendiary, or chemical filling fired from artillery.Smokeless Powder CompanyManufacturer of high explosive powders for military and industrial use.Wanggongchang ExplosionA catastrophic 1626 gunpowder explosion in Beijing.Wei BoyangEastern Han alchemist who first documented gunpowder's composition.
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