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  2. History of rockets - Wikipedia

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    The dating of the invention of the first gunpowder rocket, otherwise known as the gunpowder propelled fire arrow, is disputed.The History of Song attributes the invention to two different people at different times, Feng Zhisheng in 969 and Tang Fu in 1000.

  3. History of gunpowder - Wikipedia

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    Earliest known written formula for gunpowder, from the Wujing Zongyao of 1044 AD.. Gunpowder is the first explosive to have been developed. Popularly listed as one of the "Four Great Inventions" of China, it was invented during the late Tang dynasty (9th century) while the earliest recorded chemical formula for gunpowder dates to the Song dynasty (11th century).

  4. Timeline of the gunpowder age - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of the history of gunpowder and related topics such as weapons, warfare, and industrial applications. The timeline covers the history of gunpowder from the first hints of its origin as a Taoist alchemical product in China until its replacement by smokeless powder in the late 19th century (from 1884 to the present day).

  5. Timeline of rocket and missile technology - Wikipedia

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    1633 - Lagâri Hasan Çelebi launched a 7-winged rocket using 50 okka (140 lbs) of gunpowder from Sarayburnu, the point below Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. [3]1650 - Artis Magnae Artilleriae pars prima ("Great Art of Artillery, the First Part") is printed in Amsterdam, about a year before the death of its author, Kazimierz Siemienowicz.

  6. Gunpowder - Wikipedia

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    Gunpowder is well suited for blank rounds, signal flares, burst charges, and rescue-line launches. It is also used in fireworks for lifting shells, in rockets as fuel, and in certain special effects. Combustion converts less than half the mass of gunpowder to gas; most of it turns into particulate matter.

  7. Gunpowder weapons in the Ming dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The basic rocket weapon, otherwise known as the fire arrow in Chinese, was a tube of gunpowder and a fuse attached to an arrow. Variants of the basic variety included: Variants of the basic variety included:

  8. Historiography of gunpowder and gun transmission - Wikipedia

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    The earliest gunpowder recipe and primitive weaponry date to China's Song dynasty and the oldest extant guns appear in the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China. However, historian Tonio Andrade notes that there is a surprising scarcity of reliable evidence of firearms in Iran or Central Asia prior to the late 14th century.

  9. Mughal artillery - Wikipedia

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    The Mughals artillery corps employed hand grenades [26] and rocket artillery. [37]: 48 [38]: 133 Under Akbar's reign, Mughal rockets began to use metal casing, which made them more weatherproof and allowed a larger amount of gunpowder, increasing their destructive power.