TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kelly,Jack
TI  - Gunpowder: alchemy, bombards, and pyrotechnics : the history of the explosive that changed the world 
SN  - 0465037186
AV  - TP272 .K45 2004
U1  - 662/.26 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Gunpowder
KW  - History
N1  - Prologue: the devil's distillate -- Fire drug -- Thundring noyse -- The most pernicious arts -- The devills birds -- Villainous saltpetre -- Conquest's crimson wing -- Nitro-aerial spirit -- No one reasons -- What victory costs -- History out of control -- The meeting of heaven and earth -- Appalling grandeur -- The old article -- Epilogue: something new
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0411/2003025536.html
ER  -