Bibliography of Gunpowder

This list contains the more recent publications about gunpowder production

There are few general books on the subject. The more available specialist publications are listed here.

Gunpowder, Government and War in the Mid-Eighteenth Century
Jenny West
Royal Historical Society, 1991, ISBN 0 86193 221 8
Studies in History 63
Covers procurement, distribution and manufacture

Technology of gunpowder making in the eighteenth century
Brenda J. Buchanan
Transactions, Newcomen Society Vol 67 (1995), pp. 161-159, London
Evidence from the Bristol region
Introduction of edge runner incorporating mills in the British gunpowder industry
Glenys Crocker & K.R. Fairclough
Industrial Archaeology Review Volume XX 1998, pp.23-37, AIA, Telford