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Paper, 'Discours sur la theorie de la poudre' [Concerning the theory of gunpowder] by [Bernard Forest] de Belidor

Reference number: CLP/3ii/22

Date: 08 June 1726

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Paper by de Belidor concerning canon gunpowder. De Belidor discusses the role of air in giving gunpowder its power, the composition of gunpowder, including sulphur, saltpeter, and carbon, and the way that gunpowder ignites.

Subject: Weaponry

Read to the Royal Society on 7 July 1726

Reference number
CLP/3ii/22
Earliest possible date
08 June 1726
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Ink on paper
Page extent
31 pages
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Manuscript

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Bernard Forest de Belidor

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Bernard Forest de Belidor, Paper, 'Discours sur la theorie de la poudre' [Concerning the theory of gunpowder] by [Bernard Forest] de Belidor, 08 June 1726, CLP/3ii/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3ii_22/paper-discours-sur-la-theorie-de-la-poudre-concerning-the-theory-of-gunpowder-by-bernard-forest-de-belidor, accessed on 21 April 2025

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