Noun(1) a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
Noun(1) a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
(1) It was also used in the past to produce charcoal for gunpowder .(2) As her daughter tripped on a mop and dropped a box of glass dishes, the burnt end of that fuse collided with the gunpowder .(3) Cannons, guns, gunpowder , swords and many other weapons of war were needed and Spain bought them from whoever would sell to them.(4) The shells contain silver iodide, explosives and gunpowder .(5) There was wax, matches, a long fuse, gunpowder and 20 bullets packed around a quarter stick of dynamite.(6) Prior to its first military uses, gunpowder was termed black powder.(7) The group said it will begin tests in May using land mines without gunpowder .(8) Charcoal was also essential for the manufacture of gunpowder .(9) He has a musket, bullets, gunpowder , carpentry tools, clothes, bedding and a Bible.(10) That way the hard barrel compresses the relatively soft metal of the bullet as the exploding gunpowder hurls the projectile down the barrel.(11) Early grenades were like cartoon bombs: an iron sphere packed with gunpowder and a fuse sticking out of the top.(12) The youngest sailors would also have had a ‘fireman’ role, damping down loose gunpowder to prevent explosions.(13) But the mere possession of a lot of cannon and gunpowder , or air-to-surface missiles, is not enough.(14) In the early days of quarrying, one-foot holes were made and whole kegs of gunpowder used in blasting.(15) The cellar was searched and, hidden amid the large quantity of firewood stored there, 36 barrels of gunpowder were found, along with fuses.(16) Undercover officers rushed in only to find talcum powder and not gunpowder on the agenda.
