Zheng, Cheng (Author)
Jiang, Xiaoyuan (Editor)
Springer
Pages: 335-378
Publication date: 2021
Language: English
Gunpowder, or black powder, is a mixture of niter (KNO3), sulfur (S), and charcoal, which are mixed at a certain ratio. In terms of the research on Chinese gunpowder and firearm history, there has been abundant output, evidenced by hundreds of pieces of research literature that spans across a thousand years and involves various areas. This chapter is intended to summarize the relevant research outcome from the perspective of technology history, consisting of five sections of the origin of gunpowder, the firearms in early Song and Yuan Dynasties periods, the traditional firearms, the westernization of firearms in the Ming and Qing Dynasties periods, and the development of military gunpowder.
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