gunpowder: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Evolution of Medieval Gunpowder: Thermodynamic and Combustion Analysis. Oct 22, 2026
Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia - Gunpowder Industry. Jun 06, 2026
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Gunpowder Weapons in Medieval Europe. Apr 09, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Counterpoint - Gunpowder and happiness? Jan 02, 2026
Add new Web site: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution - The Creation and Development of Gunpowder (PDF). Sep 06, 2025
Add new Web site: OpenStax - Gunpowder and Nomads in a Transitional Age. May 31, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Evolution of Medieval Gunpowder: Thermodynamic and Combustion Analysis. Oct 30, 2024
Add new Web site: Clemson University Open Textbooks - Science Technology and Society a Student Led Exploration - Gunpowder in Medieval China. Aug 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Reed College - The Age of Gunpowder. Jun 28, 2024
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Gunpowder. May 20, 2024
Add new Web site: ACS Publication - ACS Omega - Evolution of Medieval Gunpowder: Thermodynamic and Combustion Analysis. Mar 29, 2024
Add new Web site: U.S. Naval Institute - Chemical Theory of the Combustion of Gunpowder. Jan 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - The Pre-History of gunpowder. Oct 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - War and the Gunpowder Revolution. Jul 07, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Evolution of Medieval Gunpowder: Thermodynamic and Combustion Analysis. May 28, 2023
Add new Web site: Globalsecurity.org - The Age of Gunpowder. Aug 31, 2022
Media added. Jul 31, 2019
Media added. Apr 09, 2019
Add new Web site: LiveScience - How Gunpowder Changed the World. Jan 15, 2018
Add new Web site: LiveScience - How Gunpowder Changed the World. Oct 23, 2017
Media added. Jul 14, 2017
Revised to mention early Chinese firearm development. Nov 17, 2014
Media added. Apr 11, 2013
Media added. Aug 28, 2008
Added new Web site: University of Denver - Cannons and Gunpowder. Jul 16, 2007
Added new Web site: Xenophon Group - Gunpowder Weapons of the Late Fifteenth Century. Jul 16, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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