Gunpowder, explosives and the state :  a technological history / 
edited by Brenda J. Buchanan 
 - Aldershot, England :  Ashgate,  2006 
 - xxiii, 425 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0754652599 (hbk.)  RM349.80 9780754652595 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gunpowder--History<br/>Gunpowder industry--History<br/>Ammunition--History<br/>Firearms--History