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Outline of a circle-shaped research project (Various developments (Bombs…
Outline of a circle-shaped research project
Invention myth
Chinese had developed gunpowder before the Europeans came.
Many people think that they only had fireworks
Really, weapons came before fireworks.
Various developments
Bombs
Thunderclap
Gourds filled with black powder
Primitive grenades
Covered in pig iron
or made out of pottery
Hand cannons
Flamethrowers
Called fire lances
used for self-defence
Saltpeter
not enough
flammable, not explosive
used for fire arrows
used for "fire lances", which were primitive flamethrowers
enough
explosive
used for hand cannons
bombs
fire arrow launchers
Gunpowder
invention
ironic: was developed looking for the elixir of immortality
they burned down their house
and created a killing machine that killed hundreds of millions of people