Letter to Robert A. Howard re gunpowder manufacture, 1991 Jan. 12.

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Letter to Robert A. Howard re gunpowder manufacture, 1991 Jan. 12.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/654378541

A handwritten letter to Robert A. Howard, then a curator at the Hagley Museum, contains Brooks's views on the process of black powder manufacture, particularly the importance of milling and the significance of the preference for charcoal made from willow trees.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7945090

Hagley Museum & Library

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Howard, Robert A., 1943-2012

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Brooks, Clarence A.

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Clarence W. Brooks was the retired manager of the Moosic Plant of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, the last company plant to manufacture black powder. From the description of Letter to Robert A. Howard re gunpowder manufacture, 1991 Jan. 12. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 654378541 ...