hence gunpowder still maintains its position for army and hunting purposes, except in Austria, where, as we learn by recent accounts, it is used for artillery. For mining purposes, however ...

The Catholic conspirator jumped or fell from the gallows on this day in 1606, breaking his neck before the executioner could ...

We condense from an English exchange a description, of the white, or rather, tawny-colored powder lately devised by Captain Schultze of the Prussian service, and which, under the auspices of at ...

But you can always reload great grandpa’s musket with some homemade gunpowder. All kidding aside, the invention and proliferation of gunpowder had a profound effect on the world. Here you can ...