Volume III: AMMUNITION AND PERFORMANCE
Chapter 21
GUNPOWDER
THE `EUROPE POWDER' AND ENGLISH POWDER IN GENERAL, 42
THE `COUNTRY POWDER' IN THE MID-18th CENTURY, 59
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Madras powder in the mid-18th century, 59
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Bengal powder in the mid-18th century, 67
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Bombay powder in the mid-18th century, 71
THE `COUNTRY' POWDER c1770-c1856, 76
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Madras powder c1770-1856, 77
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Bengal powder c1770-1856, 84
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Bombay powder c1770-1856, 89
MANUFACTURE AND PROOF OF THE COMPANY'S POWDER, 1842, 91
MISCELLANEOUS GUNPOWDER TOPICS, 97
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Improved propulsive effect with percussion ignition,
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Grain size of Board of Ordnance gunpowders, 98
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Indigenous Indian gunpowders, 99
SUMMARY OF KNOWN GRAIN SIZES, 101
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