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Du Pont smokeless shotgun powder - the standard of the world

Du Pont smokeless shotgun powder - the standard of the world

Print showing a brood of quail nesting in tall grass. Copyright 1913 by E.I. Dupont de Nemours Powder Company, Wilmington, Del.

[The Tahtalı police station at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The Tahtalı police station at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the p...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 17. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empir... More

[The cogwheels in the mixing department at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The cogwheels in the mixing department at the Imperial Gunpowder Fact...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 20. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empir... More

Making gunpowder at Beit Jibrin. Obtaining liquid for gunpowder

Making gunpowder at Beit Jibrin. Obtaining liquid for gunpowder

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Making gunpowder at Beit Jibrin. Mixing the gunpowder

Making gunpowder at Beit Jibrin. Mixing the gunpowder

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[The mixing factory at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The mixing factory at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograp...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 7. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empire... More

[The central police station at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The central police station at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the p...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 26. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empir... More

[The new police station at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The new police station at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photo...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 5. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empire... More

[The powder press with a roller at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The powder press with a roller at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / t...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 28. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empir... More

Making gunpowder at Beit Jibrin. Boiling the liquid

Making gunpowder at Beit Jibrin. Boiling the liquid

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Jerusalem Grist Mill, Jerusalem Road vicinity, Little Gunpowder River, Jerusalem, Baltimore County, MD

Jerusalem Grist Mill, Jerusalem Road vicinity, Little Gunpowder River,...

Survey number: HABS MD-523 Building/structure dates: ca. 1772 Initial Construction

[The police station of the Mauser cartridge magazine at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The police station of the Mauser cartridge magazine at the Imperial G...

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[The Mauser cartridge factory at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The Mauser cartridge factory at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 18. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empir... More

[The powder roller at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The powder roller at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph...

Rolling mills. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 12. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: Th... More

[The machinery for making prisms at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The machinery for making prisms at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / ...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 48. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empir... More

[The mixing and beating department in the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The mixing and beating department in the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] ...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 2. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empire... More

[Manual roller in the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[Manual roller in the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph stu...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 44. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empir... More

Making gunpowder at Beit Jibrin. Mixing the gunpowder

Making gunpowder at Beit Jibrin. Mixing the gunpowder

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Mixing the gunpowder. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Gunpowder for sale here / Oliver J. Stuart, N.Y.

Gunpowder for sale here / Oliver J. Stuart, N.Y.

Broadsheet advertisement for the Laflin Powder Company, Saugerties, New York, manufacturers of gunpowder, with "Offices [at] 29 Water St. cor. of Olive St. St. Louis Mo. and 79 South Water St. Chicago, Ill." sh... More

Gunpowder Bridge, Maryland - Mammoth Plate Photograph

Gunpowder Bridge, Maryland - Mammoth Plate Photograph

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[The roller for the willow coal at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The roller for the willow coal at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / t...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 19. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empir... More

Making gunpowder at Beit Jibrin. Cave dwelling of gunpowder makers

Making gunpowder at Beit Jibrin. Cave dwelling of gunpowder makers

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Rumsey House, Gunpowder Falls vic., Harford County, Maryland

Rumsey House, Gunpowder Falls vic., Harford County, Maryland

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Gunpowder, musical notation - American Civil War sheet music
Alexander J. Dallas to James Madison, May 23, 1815. With a Return for Gunpowder.

Alexander J. Dallas to James Madison, May 23, 1815. With a Return for ...

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 15, 1863  (Awaits president's decision concerning Diller's new gunpowder)
Making gunpowder at Beit Jibrin. Evaporating the liquid

Making gunpowder at Beit Jibrin. Evaporating the liquid

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Gunpowder, musical notation - American Civil War sheet music
Gunpowder, musical notation - American Civil War sheet music
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, November 04, 1863  (Gunpowder tests and Charles M. Wetherill)
Gunpowder, musical notation - American Civil War sheet music
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
In Congress, August 28, 1776 : Resolved, that there be an inspector or inspectors sufficiently qualified to judge the goodness of gun-powder, who shall examine every cask of gun-powder manufactured or to be purchased on account of the United States, by the most approved method of ascertaining the quality of gun-powder ...

In Congress, August 28, 1776 : Resolved, that there be an inspector or...

Signed: By order of Congress, John Hancock, president. Imprint supplied from Evans. Evans 15166 Journals of the Continental Congress, 125 LC copy annotated on verso: Resolve of Congress of August 28th 1776 for ... More

Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, November 04, 1863  (Gunpowder tests and Charles M. Wetherill)
[The powder press at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The powder press at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph ...

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[The new magazine at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The new magazine at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph ...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 15. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empir... More

Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, November 04, 1863  (Gunpowder tests and Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, November 02, 1863  (Sends copy of agreement to manufacture gunpowder; endorsed by Lincoln on cover)
City of Boston. All persons within the City of Boston having gunpowder or fireworks on their premises contrary to the laws of the Commonwealth, and the rules and regulations of the Board of Engineers of the Boston Fire Department are hereby noti

City of Boston. All persons within the City of Boston having gunpowder...

Handwritten on verso: 1862. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 69, Folder 10.

[The mortars in the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The mortars in the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studi...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 47. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empir... More

Making gunpowder at Beit Jibrin. Preparing a blast

Making gunpowder at Beit Jibrin. Preparing a blast

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gunpowder, musical notation - American Civil War sheet music
Alexander J. Dallas to James Madison, May 23, 1815. With a Return for Gunpowder.

Alexander J. Dallas to James Madison, May 23, 1815. With a Return for ...

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, November 04, 1863  (Gunpowder tests and Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, November 02, 1863  (Sends copy of agreement to manufacture gunpowder; endorsed by Lincoln on cover)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 15, 1863  (Awaits president's decision concerning Diller's new gunpowder)
Cave dwelling of gunpowder makers [Beit Jibrin]

Cave dwelling of gunpowder makers [Beit Jibrin]

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gunpowder, musical notation - American Civil War sheet music
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, September 10, 1862  (New gunpowder)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
In Congress, August 28, 1776 : Resolved, that there be an inspector or inspectors sufficiently qualified to judge the goodness of gun-powder, who shall examine every cask of gun-powder manufactured or to be purchased on account of the United States, by the most approved method of ascertaining the quality of gun-powder ...

In Congress, August 28, 1776 : Resolved, that there be an inspector or...

Signed: By order of Congress, John Hancock, president. Imprint supplied from Evans. Evans 15166 Journals of the Continental Congress, 125 LC copy annotated on verso: Resolve of Congress of August 28th 1776 for ... More

Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, September 10, 1862  (New gunpowder)
[The machinery for making prisms at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The machinery for making prisms at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / ...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 49. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empir... More

Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, September 10, 1862  (New gunpowder)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 15, 1863  (Awaits president's decision concerning Diller's new gunpowder)
[Untitled, unsigned cuts adorn individual numbers of this magazine. These show an Indian, with an Englishman on one side offering a Bible and some cloth, and a Frenchman on the other side offering gunpowder and a tomahawk. Under are the words "Praevalebit Aequior"]

[Untitled, unsigned cuts adorn individual numbers of this magazine. Th...

Illus. in: American Magazine and Monthly Chronicle for the British Colonies, Philadelphia, 1757 Nov., v. 1, cover. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings:

[The bullet sieve at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The bullet sieve at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph ...

Bullet sorting shop. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 22. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portra... More

[The factory for polishing pebble powder at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The factory for polishing pebble powder at the Imperial Gunpowder Fac...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 29. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empir... More

[The iron gate magazine at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The iron gate magazine at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photo...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 23. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empir... More

Making gunpowder at Beit Jibrin. Obtaining liquid for gunpowder

Making gunpowder at Beit Jibrin. Obtaining liquid for gunpowder

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Obtaining liquid for gunpowder. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Alexander J. Dallas to James Madison, May 23, 1815. With a Return for Gunpowder.

Alexander J. Dallas to James Madison, May 23, 1815. With a Return for ...

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

Alexander J. Dallas to James Madison, May 23, 1815. With a Return for Gunpowder.

Alexander J. Dallas to James Madison, May 23, 1815. With a Return for ...

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
[The willow magazine at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering.

[The willow magazine at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photogra...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 6. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empire... More

Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 31, 1863  (Report on new and secret gunpowder; includes report by Charles M. Wetherill)
Isaac R. Diller to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, November 04, 1863  (Gunpowder tests and Charles M. Wetherill)