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Pulvis pyrius.

Pulvis pyriusvelpulvis incendiariusvelpulvis tormentariusvelpulvis bombardicus[1]est mixtura triumchemicorum,videlicetcarbonis,sulfuris,etsalis petrae,quae summa cum rapiditate flagrat, magnumgasiumvolumen efficiens. Haecgasiatam rapide expandunt ut, cum confiniuntur, eruptionem violentem creent. Adhibebatur insclopetis(quapropterAnglicegunpowder,scilicet 'pulvis sclopeti' dicitur) ubi, eruptione temperata, gasia pulveris flagrantisglandem plumbeame tubo propellunt.

Pulvis pyrius aSinensibuscreatus creditur, et inEuropaabsaeculo tertio decimonotescebat postquam formula eius aRogerio Baconedescripta est.

Formula chemica est KNO3+ S + C

Nexus interni

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  1. Secundum Erasmum, "Paucis ante diebus in unam turrim earum quibus moenia ex intervallis muniuntur, delata fuerant aliquot vasa pulveris bombardici." -https:// thelatinlibrary /erasmus/ep.shtml#17