Punch,  43 (1862), 31.

Farinaceous Gunpowder

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Military Technology, Chemistry, Discovery


    Notes the discovery by German chemists of a starch that can be converted into gunpowder—a claim that prompts Punch to observe that should the substance be used in war it 'will prove a stiffer for many a tall fellow'.



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