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Definition of Gunpowders
1. gunpowder [n] - See also: gunpowder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gunpowders
Literary usage of Gunpowders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treatise on Mills and Millwork by William Fairbairn (1871)
"The following Table shows the composition of the various gunpowders in use amongst
the different nations of Europe and America:— TABLE OF THE COMPOSITION OF ..."
2. Treatise on Mills and Millwork by William Fairbairn (1865)
"The following Table shows the composition of the various gunpowders in use amongst
the different nations of Europe and America:— TABLE OF THE COMPOSITION OF ..."
3. The Breech-loader and how to Use it by William Wellington Greener (1893)
"A MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTER—gunpowders— NITRO-EXPLOSIVES— SHOT ... gunpowders.
THE explosive used in shot guns is either black gunpowder (saltpetre, charcoal, ..."
4. Ordnance and Gunnery: A Text-book Prepared for the Cadets of the United by Ormond Mitchell Lissak (1907)
"... I. gunpowders. I. Definitions.—Explosion, in a general sense, may be denned
as a sudden and violent increase in the volume of a substance. ..."
5. The Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1831)
"... almost as severe as the game laws of England, against the avidity of the poachers.
ON gunpowders AND DETONATING MATCHES. BY ANDREW URE, MD, FRS, ..."
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