Earliest known written formula for gunpowder, from the Wujing Zongyao of 1044 AD. The thunderclap bomb contains a length of two or three internodes of dry bamboo with a diameter of 1.5 in. There must ...

“Gunpowder,” as it came to be known, is a mixture of saltpeter (potassium nitrate), sulfur, and charcoal. Together, these materials will burn rapidly and explode as a propellant. Chinese monks ...

They found that sprinkling a tiny bit of gunpowder into their liquor and then trying to ignite it could determine whether ...

But if you haven’t got hours to chop up and sweat down a kilo of onions (or you can’t cope with the crying it induces *raises hand*) then Dishoom’s recipe for gunpowder potatoes, taken from ...

Ingredients for black gunpowder "'Wabi' launched in the Edo period was a dark orange color. The light depended on the black ...