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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Has gunpowder outlived its usefulness?


Has gunpowder outlived its usefulness?

Not yet, but the time is not far off when other devices that can release large amounts of energy instantaneously will replace this ancient compound. But gunpowder was the basic invention, a way to store explosive energy in a small package. It was a brand new concept in its time. It sprang from the mind of man and gave him power his muscles could never attain.

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