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210 BCE
The Elixir of life
The quest for The Elixir Of Life was the beginning of gunpowder -
142
Earliest reference to gunpowder
The earliest recorded reference to gunpowder was in Cantong qi -
300
Ingredients recorded
The ingredients in gunpowder are recorded in the Baopuzi -
492
Potassium nitrate burns with a purple flame
Potassium Nitrate is an ingredient in gunpowder and finding out that it burns with a purple flame is very important -
756
Yin of The Air
The Yin of the air (yin meaning harmony) is found by HEATING (not burning) potassium nitrate. The yin of the air is sulphur, carbon and other metals than gold -
808
The ingredients in Baopuzi brought back
The ingredients being 10% sulfur, 75% potassium nitrate, and 15% charcoal. -
858
There is a saying to warn people about gunpowder
"Zhenyuan miaodao yaolüe" is to tell people to be safe with gunpowder -
904
The production of gunpowder
Still trying to find the Elixir of Life, alchemists accidentally made gunpowder -
1000
Tang Fu demonstrates items with gunpowder to Song Court
This inspires Song Court to make more weapons -
1083
The Song Court produce 3000 fire arrows
Seeing Tang Fu they were inspired and made weapons of their own -
1110
The song army makes a firework show using gunpowder
They used gunpowder to create the first fireworks -
1126
thunderclap bomb is made
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1127
Molten metal bombs are made
they are used in war to contradict the other armies because they captured song artisans who made gunpowder bombs -
1128
the first cannon is made
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1129
Song armies start using more gunpowder weapons in war
Song warships are outfitted with trebuchets and supplies of gunpowder bombs. -
1132
Fire lances are used by song troops
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1132
firecrackers using gunpowder are mentioned for the first time
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1159
fire arrows are used to sink a ship by the song army
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1161
thunder clap bombs are used to sink a ship
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1163
fire lances are used on war carts
they are known as at-your-desire-war-carts. They are used for defending song mobile trebuchets -
