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This is the story of saltpeter, the vital but mysterious substance craved by governments from the Tudors to the Victorians as an 'inestimable treasure.' Nationa

The story of the science, the technology, the politics and the military applications of saltpeter - the vital but mysterious substance that governments from the

Essays analyze the connections between science and technology and military power in the late medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment periods. The integration o