Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics

Author: Jack Kelly
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0465037224

Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics : The History of the Explosive That Changed the World

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