2:Another reason why gunpowder revolutionized Europe was the transition from medieval artillery to modern artillery that contained gunpowder. After the powder was spread along the Silk Road in the 13th century, it landed in the hands of Europeans seeking a more prominent way of using the powder. Before gunpowder, medieval artillery was based of heavy swords, iron armor, axes, knives, and arrows. These items were the basis of medieval artillery and only men who have trained for many years could obtain
The History of Gunpowder It could easily be argued that one of the most important inventions or discoveries in history has been gunpowder. And there are many things that can be argued about gunpowder itself. Such as where was it originated, when was it originated, and how did it spread across the world. These are three questions I will be looking at in this paper. However the purpose of this paper is to prove that gunpowder gave rise to the powerful western world while it inevitably left
Improving warfare technology was an extremely important aspect of the Civil War. Gunpowder or black powder played an important role in the Civil war and gunpowder involves a great deal of chemistry. It consists of three ingredients sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate (saltpeter). For only three ingredients the chemical reaction is a very complicated and its chemical equation is 4 KNO3 + C7H4O + 2 S ------> 2 K2S + 4 CO2 + 3 CO + 2H2O + 2 N2. The KNO3 is potassium nitrate, the C7H4O is charcoal
and innovated new idea, but few succeeded. Gunpowder In the old days, the outcomes of battle were often depending on the numbers and strenght of the soilders and the strenght of the castle wall. Castle wall structures were almost impossible to bring down . Rocks were catapulted at the castles, tunnels were dug under the walls and battering rams were used in attempt to tear down the castle walls; however, these techniques weren't very efficent. Gunpowder, it was where power and strenght came from
The discovery of gunpowder changed war from being fought with medieval weaponry and battle tactics to more modern day weapons and tactics because the gunpowder powered weapons are more deadly. Weapons that use gunpowder to launch projectiles have a greater range than melee weapons and are more powerful than bow and arrows. Also, cannons are more powerful and have a greater range and accuracy than catapults and they also can be reloaded faster than catapults. Gunpowder weapons changed war because
GUNPOWDER This article is about gunpowder. But at first you need to know what's the materials of the gunpowder ? What completely change the warfare ? What can gunpowder do in the mine ? Studying "Gunpowder" with these questions , you will learn a lot in this article. How to make the Gunpowder? The Gunpowder consists of a mixture of saltpeter (potassium nitrate), sulfur, and carbon. (Calliope , 2011). Also the Chinese first set off fireworks to enliven religious celebrations.
Macbeth and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 Shakespeare’s Macbeth was influenced by the gunpowder plot of 1605. The equivocation that was inspired by this event played an important role in the play. The general theme of Macbeth reflects the mood of society at the time that it was written. This relationship is a direct reflection of the mimetic theory. This paper will examine the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and the role of equivocation in the subsequent prosecutions during the time that Shakespeare was
Protection is what most world leaders depend on, but not even protection can help someone in a life or death situation. The political situations that lead up to the the plots were very similar and different. The political situation behind the Gunpowder Plot was a religious dispute, King James I had agreed not to prosecute any Catholics resulting in a time of tolerance towards the Catholics. However, accusations came up that James was not Protestant because he allowed tolerance towards the Catholics
powered fireworks today. Through adventurous explorers, the knowledge of making fireworks spread west, through Arabia in the seventh century. The Arabs called the rockets Chinese arrows. The Mongols are credited with taking Chinese rockets and gunpowder to Europe around 1241. The first record of their use in Europe are around 1258. Until the 19th century, fireworks lacked a major aesthetically essential characteristic: color. Pyrotechnicians began to use a combination of potassium chlorate and various
Pyrotechnics are applied in many tasks in our world. Some of these are ejection seats for military aircraft, exploding dye capsules for banks, trail making, propellant for bullets, fire extinguishing, demolition, airbags for cars, mining, mountain carving, and even helping clean up the tragedy of the terrorist attacks on 9/11. Pyrotechnics have shaped the earth and country with many uses. The first explosive ever discovered was by old Asian alchemists, they were mixing certain chemicals for a
Guns have been apart of my life for as long as I can remember. When I was about six years old my dad came home one day and took me into the back yard. He told me he had something for me and that I needed to be vary careful with it. After I agreed to only using it while he was there to make sure I used it safely, he gave me my vary own BB gun. After a quick safety lesson it was time to start shooting, I had even drawn a target onto a cardboard box. After a few years of shooting and a few thousand
developments of gunpowder and the cannon were the most important advances during the Middle Ages. If it weren't for these inventions, who knows how we would be fighting today, possibly still the wars of Ancient Rome. The development of gunpowder meant that soon the use of knights would be useless because of the projectile that could easily knock a knight off his horse, rendering him helpless. The gunpowder enabled this projectile. The development of the cannon goes hand-in-hand with the gunpowder. This invention
failed mostly, and we still do sometimes, but with the trials and experiments we have done and died doing, we succeed now, mostly. The first formula that is still written down of an “explosive or pyrotechnic composition” are the three examples of gunpowder in the 1044A.D. Chinese military guide Wujing Zongyao which showed a few uses of this powder they had experimented with for near a hundred years. The most used formula from it was approximately 50% KNO3, also known as Saltpeter in those times, and
The History of Guns “The invention of gunpowder as a means of hurling a projectile brought about a whole new era, not only in the development of weapons but also to all of history. Man had been on earth almost 1 million years before he made this discovery During that time physical strength had been the basis of power. The strongest man could hurl a spear the farthest and the hardest, bend the most powerful bow, and deal the heaviest strokes with his sword or ax. This gave him mastery in battle and
Exactly, you wouldn’t. Let me tell you a little bit about what goes into fireworks and why you see what you see. It will make you appreciate the fireworks even more than you already do. The technical definition of a firework is “a device containing gunpowder and other combustible chemicals that causes a spectacular explosion when ignited”. In simpler terms it is something that has chemicals in it and when lit on fire makes a beautiful explosion. There is still so much more to a firework than that, the
century. The Arabs called the rockets Chinese arrows. The earliest recorded use of gunpowder in England, and probably the western world, is by the Franciscan monk Roger Bacon. He was born in Ilminster in Somerset in 1214 and lived, as a master of languages, maths, optics and alchemy to 1294. He recorded his experiments with a mixture which was very inadequate by todays standards but was recognisable as gunpowder. His formula was very low in saltpetre because there was no natural source available
this chemical reaction, you need a form of heat energy. (Thompson, Helen) However, since this is a chemical reaction the reactants forming the product cannot be reversed. A fuel is created by metal or metalloid powder, or black powder, a form of gunpowder a combination of sulfur, charcoal and potassium nitrate. (Helmenstine, Anne Marie) An oxidizer which is combining or becoming combined chemically with oxygen element or compounds. Oxygen is frequently located in chlorate, perchlorates, and nitrates
After black powder was discovered by the Chinese in the 9th Century, the relatively short history of fireworks began with this explosive chemical composition. Black powder is made up of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal (KNO3); in the correct amounts, this combination has very explosive results. The use of black powder sprung forth the evolution of muskets, rockets, and fireworks. Although history has shown that the development of black powder muskets into modern day guns, artillery, and weapons
Without weapons there would not even be a revolutionary war. Weapons were very essential for both sides of the war, but mainly America’s side because without weapons we would not have gained our independence. Without weapons how could you kill the enemy? I will be talking about different weapons used in the Revolutionary war and how the specifically worked Such as: long range rifles, the sabre, the musket, pistols, and cannons. I will also be talking about how they benefits in the revolutionary
How to Make Black Powder (and other explosives) Introduction Black Powder, also known as Gunpowder, is an explosive that has been around, literally, for centuries. The exact origins of the formula are lost in time, but it is known that the Chinese used Black Powder in weaponry at least 1,000 years ago. Technically, Black Powder burns by a process known as deflagration. This differs from detonation in that Black Powder produces subsonic shock waves, as opposed to the supersonic shock waves produced