Savvy Cafe Answers » guns http://answers.savvy-cafe.com Savvy Cafe Answers Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:37:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Where was gunpowder invented? http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/where-was-gunpowder-invented-2008-02-08/ http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/where-was-gunpowder-invented-2008-02-08/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:10:52 +0000 Cindy http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/where-was-gunpowder-invented-2008-02-08/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Gunpowder was invented around 85o A.D. in China.  This mixture of potassium nitrate, sulfur and charcoal was not invented by men seeking to make a more effective weapon.  It is thought that instead it was discovered accidentally by Chinese alchemists seeking a much different invention.   The experts are split as to what that was.  Some say that they were trying to create artificial gold.  Others believe they were trying to come up with a potion that held the key to eternal life.  They wanted to present this potion to their emporer so that he could live forever. 

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