Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 613
es!for the powder-maker. The crude sulphur is broken into small piecand put in a pot under which a fire is kept burni:and is constantly stirred with an oiled iron rodthe whole is melted. It is then skimmed of impities, ladled into wooden molds oiled inside, and >to cool and crystallize.… … A WILLOW PLANTATION. all pass off in vapor, leaving no trace bellexcept a horrible smell like that of a whole bJlighted matches. Now we know what gunpowder is made of!we see that, though the materials arc few and Ipie, they are prepared with great care. Telthem together requires even more skill and…
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