Kelly, Jack,  1949- <br/><br/>
Gunpowder :  alchemy, bombards, and pyrotechnics : the history of the explosive that changed the world / 
Jack Kelly. 
 - New York :  Basic Books,  c2004. 
 - p. cm. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0465037186 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003025536 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gunpowder--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TP272  / .K45 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>662/.26