A descriptive catalogue of the Chinese Collection now exhibiting at St. George's Place, Hyde Park Corner, London : with condensed accounts of the genius, government, history, literature, agriculture, arts, trade, manners, customs and social life of the people of the celestial empire (1842)
Langdon, William B · London : Printed for the proprietor, and to be obtained only at the Chinese Collection · leaf 82
ope. 367. Chinese gunpowder, called Ho-yo, Jire drug. Although the proportions of the ingredients in the composition of this articleby the Chinese are nearly the same as those used by us, yet itis ascertained that the quality of the former is far inferior toour own ; probablv on account of the… … No. 372. 69 dingly, the knowledge of gunpowder seems to be coeval withthat of the most distant historic events. 368. Powder (buffalo) horns. 369. Small priming horn. 370. Specimens of brick, one of which was taken from the ancient pagoda on Lob creek.3/1. Specimens of stones of which the above…
Art objects, Chinese
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