'Imitable thunder' : the role of gunpowder in seventeenth-century experimental science
The role of gunpowder as a military propellant has been widely studied. Less well understood, however, is its important role in seventeenth-century experimental science. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) called it ‘imitable thunder’, a designation indicative of its manifestation of nature’s occult powers. I...
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University of York
2015
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