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Saltpeter: The Mother of Gunpowder Cressy, David (George III Professor of British History and Humanities Distinguished Professor, The Ohio State University)
Saltpeter: The Mother of Gunpowder
Cressy, David (George III Professor of British History and Humanities Distinguished Professor, The Ohio State University)
The story of the science, the technology, the politics and the military applications of saltpeter - the vital but mysterious substance that governments from the Tudors to the Victorians regarded as an 'inestimable treasure'.
256 pages, 20 black and white halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 10, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199695751 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 144 × 224 × 19 mm · 450 g |
| Language | English |