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100 1 Brown, G. I.|q(George Ingham)
245 10 Explosives :|bHistory with a Bang /|cG.I. Brown.
264 1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bThe History Press,
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264 4 |c©2011
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520 The dramatic history of explosives, from the invention of
gunpowder to the H-bomb Laying the emphasis on the lives
of the people involved, on the diverse uses of explosives,
and on their social and historical impact, this
entertaining history relates a story of remarkable
international and human endeavor. Many of those
involved—Roger Bacon, Guy Fawkes, Alfred Nobel, Robert
Oppenheimer—are famed worldwide; others, such as C.F.
Schonbein, William Bickford, Sir Frederick Abel, and
Charles E. Munroe, though less well-known, also played
critical roles. Alongside their achievements, this book
highlights the uses and impact of explosives in both war
and terrorism, and in civil engineering, quarrying, mining,
demolition, fireworks manufacture, and shooting for sport.
In many cases explosives are seen to have had a
significant historical impact as, for example, in the
early use of gunpowder in the Civil War, the defeat of the
Spanish Armada, and the worldwide opening up of canals and
railways.
538 System requirements: Adobe Digital editions.
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700 1 Hart-Davis, Adam.
776 08 |iPrint version:|aBrown, G. I. (George Ingham).
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