Sentence examples for gunpowder of from inspiring English sources

These latter probably included predecessors of gunpowder, of which the Mongols were the likely vehicle of introduction into western Europe.

It points toward the more integral effect of Ruscha's mature word drawings, such as renderings, in graphite or gunpowder, of "lisp" in script formed of a ribbon of paper or "pool" in puddled liquid.

"If the press was, as David Riesman called it, 'the gunpowder of the mind,' the computer, in its capacity to smooth over unsatisfactory institutions and ideas, is the talcum powder of the mind".

Many in the nation have expressed shock at the loss of life and the breach of security -- after all, the Ottawa shooter was able to get close enough to members of parliament for them smell the gunpowder of Wednesday's shootout.

A portion of deliberately deteriorated gunpowder, of such low quality as to make it unusable in firearms, when placed in a heap and ignited, still managed to create a large explosion.

The introduction of carronades at this time also resulted in guns that were easier to handle and required less than half the gunpowder of long guns, allowing fewer men to crew them than long guns mounted on naval garrison carriages.

These models were validated using nitrocellulose-based gunpowders of known manufacture date.

With the advent of gunpowder the position of Keeper of the Artillery was created in 1486.

Description of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

Guy Fawkes Day, also called Bonfire Night, British observance, celebrated on November 5, commemorating the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

He wears a mask of Guy Fawkes, the infamous ringleader of the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.