Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics : the History of the Explosive that Changed the WorldBasic Books, 13 ապր, 2004 թ. - 261 էջ 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, Cort s, 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. |
Բովանդակություն
Fire Drug | 1 |
Thundring Noyse | 19 |
The Most Pernicious Arts | 39 |
The Devills Birds | 55 |
Villainous Saltpetre | 73 |
Conquests Crimson Wing | 87 |
NitroAerial Spirit | 109 |
No One Reasons | 125 |
History Out of Control | 153 |
The Meeting of Heaven and Earth | 171 |
Appalling Grandeur | 197 |
The Old Article | 217 |
Something New | 239 |
Sources | 243 |
251 | |
What Victory Costs | 135 |
Այլ խմբագրություններ - View all
Common terms and phrases
alchemists American arms army arquebus artillery ball barrel battle became began Biringuccio black powder blast bomb bombards breech British bullet burning cannon cartridges cast century charcoal charge chemical China Chinese Colt combustion Confederate Crécy crew developed early earth Edward effects enemy energy engineers English Europe European explosive fight fire drug fire lance firearms fireworks flame flintlock force French fuel gases gunners gunpowder technology gunpowder weapons gunpowder's heat Henry Henry du Pont ignited ingredients invented Irénée iron Jurchens king known Laflin & Rand Lammot Lavoisier loading medieval Mehmed mercury fulminate metal military mills Minié ball modern Mongols musket niter nitrate nitroglycerin oxygen pieces Pont potassium nitrate pounds Press produced projectile pyrotechnician rebels rifles role salt saltpeter serpentine powder shells ship shooter shot siege smoke soldiers stone sulfur supply thunder tion took touchhole troops tube turned Vannoccio Biringuccio walls warfare weaponry wheellock wrote
Վկայակոչումներ այս գրքի մասին
Medieval Weapons: An Illustrated History of Their Impact Kelly DeVries,Robert D. Smith Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2007 |