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The demise of smokeless gunpowder

The demise of smokeless gunpowder

by William Hladky | Dec 3, 2019 | The Book Of Ruin, The Flashfall Sword

Invented in 9th century China, black powder was first used in guns. Modern smokeless gunpowder wasn’t discovered until the 19th century. In my first two novels, society has forgotten how to manufacture smokeless gunpowder. Firearms are mostly black-powder...

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