The Oldest Error in the World
Anon
Genre: | Notes, Drollery |
Subjects: | Invention, Military Technology, Adulteration |
Criticises historians' claim that the Chinese invented gunpowder and asserts that the historians mean 'Gunpowder Tea'—a reference to the adulterated tea exported from China to England. | |
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