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Readers will learn the history of the invention of gunpowder in this title that includes information on the key players, the setbacks along the way, and the moments of discovery.

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Publié par	Capstone Global Library
Date de parution	04 août 2011
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781406232783
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	4 Mo

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T A L E S O F I N V E N T I O N

Chris Oxlade

Raintree is an imprint of Capstone Global Library Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales having its registered office at 7 Pilgrim Street, London, EC4V 6LB – Registered company number: 6695582

Text © Capstone Global Library Limited 2012 First published in hardback in 2012 The moral rights of the proprietor have been asserted.

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Edited by Louise Galpine and Laura Knowles Designed by Philippa Jenkins Original illustrations © Capstone Global Library Limited 2012 Picture research by Mica Brancic Originated by Capstone Global Library Limited Printed and bound in China by CTPS

ISBN 978 1 406 22922 6 (hardback) 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Oxlade, Chris. Gunpowder. -- (Tales of invention) 662.2’6-dc22 A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: © 2010 The British Library p.6; Alamy pp.7(© Interfoto),9(© Mary Evans Picture Library),27(© David Hoffman Photo Library); Corbis pp.5(Reuters/© Ivan Alvarado),13(© Bettmann),21(© Bettmann),24(© PoodlesRock); Getty Images pp. 8(Science & Society Picture Library),10(Roger Viollet Collection),14(The Bridgeman Art Library/Private Collection/Edward Whymper),15(Hulton Archive/FPG/ Jack Zehrt),17(Hulton Archive),18(Roger Viollet/ Branger),19(Hulton Archive),22(Archive Photos/ R. Gates),23(Time & Life Pictures/Carl Iwasaki); Photolibrary p.11(The British Library); Shutterstock p.4(© Sherri R. Camp).

Cover photograph of women from Brook’s fireworks factory, one of the oldest British fireworks companies, showing off a selection of their huge rockets and catherine wheels (early 1930s) reproduced with permission of Mary Evans Picture Library.

We would like to thank Peter Smithurst for his invaluable help in the preparation of this book.

Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders of material reproduced in this book. Any omissions will be rectified in subsequent printings if notice is given to the publisher.

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