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2. Black powder rocket motor - Wikipedia

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   Black powder is the oldest propellant. Its use in rockets preceded its use in guns. [1] The three main components of black powder are charcoal, sulfur, and saltpeter (or potassium nitrate). It is known that, by 1045, the Chinese were producing black powder, because many references to the subject were found in The Wu-ching Tsung-Yao (Complete ...

3. Cordite - Wikipedia

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   Cordite. Cordite is a family of smokeless propellants developed and produced in Britain since 1889 to replace black powder as a military firearm propellant. Like modern gunpowder, cordite is classified as a low explosive because of its slow burning rates and consequently low brisance [not verified in body].

4. List of U.S. states and territories by African-American ...

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   Considering only those who marked "black" and no other race in combination, as in the first table, the percentage was 12.4% in 2020, down from 12.6% in 2010. [1] Considering those who marked "black" and any other race in combination, as in the second table, the percentage increased from 13.6% to 14.2%.

5. Dell - Wikipedia

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   Dell Inc. is an American technology company that develops, sells, repairs, and supports computers and related products and services. Dell is owned by its parent company, Dell Technologies. [ 3][ 4] Dell sells personal computers (PCs), servers, data storage devices, network switches, software, computer peripherals, HDTVs, cameras, printers, and ...

6. Shell (projectile) - Wikipedia

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   155 mm M107 projectiles. All have fuzes fitted. A shell, in a military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling. Originally it was called a bombshell[citation needed], but "shell" has come to be unambiguous in a military context. A shell can hold a tracer .

7. .45-70 - Wikipedia

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   The .50-70 was nevertheless adopted as a temporary solution until a significantly improved rifle and cartridge could be developed. The result of the quest for a more accurate, flatter shooting .45 caliber cartridge and firearm was the Springfield trapdoor rifle. Like the .50-70, the .45-70 used a copper center-fire case design.

8. Gunpowder - Wikipedia

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   Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive. It consists of a mixture of sulfur, charcoal (which is mostly carbon ), and potassium nitrate (saltpeter). The sulfur and charcoal act as fuels while the saltpeter is an oxidizer.

9. Abercrombie & Fitch CEO on getting into the wedding business ...

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   The earnings rundown. Net sales: +22% year over year to $1 billion, vs. estimates for $958.7 million. Same-store sales: +21% vs. +15.7% estimate. Abercrombie & Fitch division sales: $571.5 million ...