[Homestead] A Silly Historical Question...

Clansgian at wmconnect.com Clansgian at wmconnect.com
Sun Sep 21 10:52:35 EDT 2008


> >Gunpowder is easy to make.  75% charcoal, 15% sulfur, and 10% saltpeter.
> The difficult part is the Saltpeter which is the source of the nitrate.

Wouldn't that be 10% sulfur, 15% charcoal, and 75% saltpeter??   </HTML>


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