Gunpowder Research Paper

The rifle was invented in late industrial age because in the early industrial age, soldiers fought on horse or foot with a weapon called a muzzle-loading musket which was a single firing gun with a very slow rate of fire

The first guns used in America were a simple machine where the person did most of the work. The user measured and put the powder

gunpowder itself. Such as where was it originated, when was it originated, and how did it

Gunpowder single handedly changed the world. What once started as fireworks, would eventually become the greatest aspect of warfare known to man. It was first used by the Chinese, as colorful displays of fire in the sky, but under the rule of the Ming and Ching it became a feared machine of war. Although the effects of gunpowder were mainly positive, there are still some major disadvantages.

The first cannon was found in Sweden and was dated back to 1326. It was used at the battle of Crecy in 1346. Cannons changed the tide of the war. They could take down ships blow up groups of people and you could stuff screws and nails in the cannon and fire it called grape shot. The first step to load a cannon is you take the worm (sacrapos) and Coleman the barrel. The second step is to use the Ladle (Cuchara) and lightly dip it in the waste and stick it down the barrel, to make sure all the sparks are out. The third step is to put the cannon gal, i. With a bag of gunpowder and use the rammer (Atacador) to pack them in the cannon. The fourth step is to use the Vent Pick to break the bag of gunpowder. The fifth step is to step back and light the

Light machine guns and sub-machine guns were invented during World War I as small arms, but the larger machine guns were modernized as well. Flame throwers were used as an offensive attack against trench warfare.[ix],[x]

They made the Battle Axe by a knot in a root or branch with a convenient to make a good battle axe. also would put frog poison on the darts and put them in the blowgun. Stone weapons, tomahawks and battle hammers were made from rocks of the correct overall shape by sharpening one edge and grinding a binding groove around the stone using other, harder stones.

Hiram Maxim created Machine Gun and in 1883, he created the first multi bullet-firing weapon. This lead to wider development of automatic weapons which were later used in war. (Note: the 1862 Gatling gun which was ran by hand cranking.)

A few years of development and a patent later, the minie` ball was ready for combat. In the 1850's, James H. Burton, a master of arms, made a few alterations such as slightly lengthening the bullet and thinning the walls of the hollow base. These alterations made the minie` ball much easier and cheaper to mass-produce; this is what was used by the blue and gray's out on the battlefields.

     Weapons have been around from the Neanderthals of the post-ice age, to the Taliban in Afghanistan. Rocks became knives, sticks became spears, and bayonets became AK-47’s. The technology from the French and Indian War was revolutionized and manufactured by the newly opened weaponry companies. Colt

The only ranged weapons used at the time were bows and arrows and javelins, though both had drawbacks. The javelin’s being that it required a strong wielder and incredible accuracy, the bow also had the same problems though having the problem of not piercing the enemy armor. Gunpowder however didn’t require a strong arm or pinpoint accuracy, the explosive just had to be thrown in a close proximity so the gunpowder could explode, “shredding” right through the armor.

During the second half of the 16th century Improvements using flint against steel to ignite spark continued, with two early such examples being the snaphaunce, which was the first flint lock type gun ca. 1560, followed by the Miquelet a couple of decades later. The snaphaunce had a piece of flint in the hammer like cock, with a pan of priming powder on the outside of the barrel over the touchhole like the matchlock system.

The different constituents of gunpowder were known as far back as the 1st Century CE. Charcoal was used for heating while sulphur and saltpeter were mentioned in texts dating from the 1st century BCE. Some historians suggest that taoist alchemist during the third century CE knew of the explosive property of gunpowder but this can’t be proven. According to Wang Ling gunpowder was

During the 17th century the European powers developed a whole new array of firepower. The old gunpowder weapons that fired by

The discovery of gunpowder was discovered in 850 A.D. by accident. Gunpowder also called black powder is considered the earliest explosive invented. The Chinese alchemists of the ninth century were considered to be a major force behind the early development of gunpowder. They first used the substance to treat skin diseases and to kill insects before people realized it would be