Chemical Substitution
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Military Technology, Invention |
Claims that Christian F Schönbein hated military service and gunpowder, and notes with irony that his invention of gun-cotton resulted from his need to find a substitute for gunpowder. | |
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