Pulvis pyrius
Pulvis pyrius vel pulvis incendiarius vel pulvis tormentarius vel pulvis bombardicus est mixtura trium chemicorum, videlicet carbonis, sulfuris, et salis petrae, quae summa cum rapiditate flagrat, magnum gasium volumen efficiens. Haec gasia tam rapide expandunt ut, cum confiniuntur, eruptionem violentem creent. Adhibebatur in sclopetis (quapropter Anglice gunpowder, scilicet 'pulvis sclopeti' dicitur) ubi, eruptione temperata, gasia pulveris flagrantis glandem plumbeam e tubo propellunt.

Pulvis pyrius a Sinensibus creatus creditur, et in Europa ab saeculo tertio decimo notescebat postquam formula eius a Rogerio Bacone descripta est.

Formula chemica est KNO3 + S + C

Arma ignifera
Pyrotechnica

Bibliographia
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Buchanan, Brenda J., ed. 2006. Gunpowder, Explosives and the State: A Technological History. Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN 0754652599.
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Kelly, Jack. 2004. Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, & Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive that Changed the World. Basic Books. ISBN 0465037186.
Khan, Iqtidar Alam. 1996. Coming of Gunpowder to the Islamic World and North India: Spotlight on the Role of the Mongols. Journal of Asian History 30:41–45.
Khan, Iqtidar Alam. 1996. The Role of the Mongols in the Introduction of Gunpowder and Firearms in South Asia. In Gunpowder: The History of an International Technology, ed. Brenda J. Buchanan, capitulum 3. Bath: Bath University Press. ISBN 0861971345.
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Needham, Joseph. 1986. Science & Civilisation in China. The Gunpowder Epic, 7. Cantabrigiae: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521303583.
Norris, John. 2003. Early Gunpowder Artillery: 1300-1600. Marlborough:The Crowood Press.
Partington, James Riddick. 1960. A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder. Cantabrigiae: W. Heffer & Sons.
Partington, James Riddick, et Bert S. Hall. 1999. A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder. Baltimorae: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0801859549.
Urbanski, Tadeusz. 1967. Chemistry and Technology of Explosives. Novi Eboraci: Pergamon Press.

Nexus externi

 "Gun and Gunpowder," www.silk-road.com
 Originss pulveris pyrii, www.webcitation.org
 "Cannons and Gunpowder," www.du.edu
 "Oare Gunpowder Works, Kent, UK," www.gunpowderworks.co.uk
 Royal Gunpowder Mills, www.royalgunpowdermills.com
 "The DuPont Company on the Brandywine," exhibitio digitalis a Bibliotheca Hagley producta, www.hagley.org
 
"Video Demonstration" pgilipmcgaw.com
 "Black Powder Recipes," www.musketeer.ch

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Chemia
Inventiones Sinarum
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