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to gunpowder

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An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.

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"We've created a second cousin to gunpowder," he said.

He needs to listen to Gunpowder and lead and be put back in his place.

In concept, Dr. Sailor's explosive chips owe much more to gunpowder than high-tech microelectronics.

On the dry side, he began with graphite, and then quickly moved to gunpowder; hence the cotton balls.

I was alarmed at first when I got PEKOE from the crossing for "Alternative to gunpowder," until I remembered that gunpowder is a variety of green tea.

"One reason I chose gunpowder is that I had the good luck in my environment to be exposed to gunpowder," Cai told me, in a typically dialectical construction.

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He's really mastered the technique of making art with fireworks and to use gunpowder to make art so I wanted to show the world how wonderful he is, and to help people understand China better on a cultural level".

Orders were given in 1551 to send bows, arrows and the ingredients required to make gunpowder to the islands, where construction teams were kept at work through to the end of 1552.

It is easier to use gunpowder to make a powerful explosion than to show lightness".

Orders were given in 1551 to send bows, arrows and the ingredients required to make gunpowder to the islands, where construction teams were kept at work throughout 1552.

The first firearms appeared about 1325; they used a closed tube and black powder (now referred to as gunpowder) to propel a ball, somewhat erratically, over varying distances.

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