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The Chinese employ explosive grenades and bombs …
Years: 1000 - 1011
The Chinese employ explosive grenades and bombs filled with gunpowder, or black powder, by the beginning of the eleventh century. This mechanical mixture of ten percent sulfur, fifteen percent charcoal, and seventy-five percent saltpeter (potassium nitrate), is generally thought to have originated in China.
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Years: 1000 - 1011
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