2006-12-04 00:05:55 · 7 answers · asked by raunak r 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Hey Raunak,
"Gunpowder was invented in China and is considered one of the Four great inventions of ancient China.
Gunpowder was the first known chemical explosive and propellant.[1] The earliest record of gunpowder, a Chinese book from c. 850 AD called "Classified Essentials of the Mysterious Tao of the True Origin of Things," indicates that gunpowder was a byproduct of Taoist alchemical efforts to develop an elixir of immortality:[2]
Some have heated together sulfur, realgar and saltpeter with honey; smoke and flames result, so that their hands and faces have been burnt, and even the whole house where they were working burned down.[3]
The Chinese first used gunpowder in warfare in 904, as incendiary projectiles called "flying fires." " 1
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2006-12-04 00:42:38 · answer #1 · answered by BuyTheSeaProperty 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Gunpowder was invented in China and is considered one of the Four great inventions of ancient China.
Gunpowder was the first known chemical explosive and propellant.[1] The earliest record of gunpowder, a Chinese book from c. 850 AD called "Classified Essentials of the Mysterious Tao of the True Origin of Things," indicates that gunpowder was a byproduct of Taoist alchemical efforts to develop an elixir of immortality:[2]
Some have heated together sulfur, realgar and saltpeter with honey; smoke and flames result, so that their hands and faces have been burnt, and even the whole house where they were working burned down.[3]
The Chinese first used gunpowder in warfare in 904, as incendiary projectiles called "flying fires"
2006-12-04 10:30:42 · answer #2 · answered by §wëet @ heãrt 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
''Gunpowder was invented in China and is considered one of the Four great inventions of ancient China.
Gunpowder was the first known chemical explosive and propellant.[1] The earliest record of gunpowder, a Chinese book from c. 850 AD called "Classified Essentials of the Mysterious Tao of the True Origin of Things," indicates that gunpowder was a byproduct of Taoist alchemical efforts to develop an elixir of immortality:[2]
Some have heated together sulfur, realgar and saltpeter with honey; smoke and flames result, so that their hands and faces have been burnt, and even the whole house where they were working burned down.[3]
The Chinese first used gunpowder in warfare in 904, as incendiary projectiles called "flying fires." " 1
2006-12-05 07:01:37 · answer #3 · answered by mr. x 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Gunpowder was invented in China and is considered one of the Four great inventions of ancient China.
Gunpowder was the first known chemical explosive and propellant.[1] The earliest record of gunpowder, a Chinese book from c. 850 AD called "Classified Essentials of the Mysterious Tao of the True Origin of Things," indicates that gunpowder was a byproduct of Taoist alchemical efforts to develop an elixir of immortality:[2]"
2006-12-04 08:48:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The chinese but the formula for gunpowder appears in the writings of the 13th-century English monk Roger Bacon.
2006-12-07 03:28:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
samuel
2006-12-04 09:11:13 · answer #6 · answered by jaya 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING SIGHT FOR THIS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder
2006-12-07 03:50:43 · answer #7 · answered by RAMAN IOBIAN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋