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Black Powder Manufacture (1975)

Howard, Robert A. (Author)

IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 13-28

URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40968825

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Technological innovation Gunpowder Buildings, Industrial Buildings, Industrial Manufacturing processes Industrial archaeology 20th century

There is one operating black powder plant in the United States. It is the result of 600 years of technological development, culminating in the nineteenth century. This paper examines the surviving plant and the technological developments which it reflects.

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Article Brenda J. Buchanan (1976) A Comment on the Manufacture of Black Powder. IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology (pp. 75-80). unapi

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