68 pages, about 8.5" X 11", glossy soft-cover in full color. New re-print restored and digitally enhanced from a nice copy. Printed on high quality 24# 97 bright acid free paper. Fully Illustrated.

Contents - Index:

• Pages: 68

• Handbook of Gunpowder 1888
• London England
• By Major-General W. Wardell late Royal Artillery
• Printed by order of this secretary of State for War
• Constitution and Action of Explosive Substance
• Explosive Mixtures
• Nitrates/Chlorate
• Detonation and experiments in Detonation
• Fuzes and applications of Detonation
• History Of Gunpowder
• Early History, Not invented by Schwartz,
• Rockets, Greek Fire, Explosives known in China
• Use in India , first used in European guns
• Manufactured in England and early powder mills
• Guncotton Factory
• Ingredients and Properties of Gunpowder
• Charcoal, Wood, Sulphur
• Density, Hardness, Muzzle Velocity and Pressure
• Prismatic Powder, Effect of Moisture
• Preparation and Purification of the Ingredients in GunPowder
• Refining, Solution, Crystallizing,washing,extracting
• Manufacture of Gunpowder