China's long history has seen some extremely important inventions emerge, most noticeably gunpowder, paper making, printing and the compass, which, in the words of Roger Bacon, changed the whole ...

In the "De Mirabili Potestate" he imparts the secret of imitating thunder and lightning by means of a mixture of saltpetre, charcoal, and sulphur, whence the legend of his invention of gunpowder.

But you can always reload great grandpa’s musket with some homemade gunpowder. All kidding aside, the invention and proliferation of gunpowder had a profound effect on the world. Here you can ...

It’s nothing short of incredible how weapons technology has evolved since the invention of gunpowder. The first ever firearms were nothing more bamboo shoots filled with gunpowder, loaded with ...

This simple invention, which is a length of string containing gunpowder coated in tar, went on to become a global lifesaver. The safety fuse or 'burning fuze' burned at a reliable rate and greatly ...