Gunpowder

by Clive Ponting

Book Overview

The formula for gunpowder was discovered in China in 800 AD. Known as 'fire-drug', its origin was the alchemists' search for an immortality elixir, and it was initially a medicine not an explosive;... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0701177527
• ISBN13: 9780701177522
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.