Saltpeter : the mother of gunpowder
Cressy, David2013
Book
This is the story of saltpeter, the vital but mysterious substance craved by governments from the Tudors to the Victorians as an 'inestimable treasure'.
Main title:
Saltpeter : the mother of gunpowder / David Cressy.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Collation:
256 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780199695751 (hbk)
Dewey class:
549.732549.732CRER549.732CRE
Local class:
549.732 CRE
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
228360