A SHOKT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 

 EXPLOSIVES. 



NOTE. In addition to the works given below, particulars of the 

 early use and manufacture of gunpowder are given in most of 

 the early treatises on firearms, particularly Nos. 11, 13, 43, 123, 

 139, 143, 145. 147, 149, 173, 205, 232, 354, 360, 361, and 362 in 

 Part I. For the Invention of Gunpowder see Daniel's " Histoire 

 de Milice"; H. A. Hoyer's " Geschichte des Kriegskunst " ; and 

 Beckman's " History of Inventions." For early use in England, 

 Harleian MSS., "Richard III., anno 1483," Eccleston's "English 

 Antiquities," Smith's "Military Discourses inEllis's Original Letters " 

 (Camden Society's edition, p. 53) ; also for Manufacture Bohlen's 

 " Alte Indien," vol. ii., p. 68. See also "List of Technical Papers, 

 etc.," Nos. 2201 et seq. 



BOOKS RELATING TO GUNPOWDER 



2101. GUNPOWDER MANUFACTURE. A statement of facts 

 relative to the savings which have arisen from manu- 

 facturing gunpowder at the Royal powder-mills ; and 

 of the improvements which have been made in its 

 strength and durability since the year 1783. Sir W. 

 Congreve. Dedicated to Lord Mulgrave, privately 

 published, printed by J. Whiting, Finsbury Place, 

 1811. 8vo, 44 pp. 



2102. MANUFACTURE OF GUNPOWDER as carried on at the 

 Government Factory, Waltham Abbey. Major Fraser 

 Baddeley. A privately issued pamphlet. E. Littler. 

 Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, 1857. Demy 8vo, 44 pp. 



2103. MEMOIR ON GUN-POWDER; in which are discussed 

 the principles both of its manufacture and proof. 

 J. Braddock. This book was printed at public expense, 



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