Post by mankind on Nov 8, 2006 0:55:02 GMT -5
An interesting article posted August 2 2002
english.people.com.cn/200208/02/eng20020802_100811.shtml
This line catch my attention:
Did you know that gunpowder...:
Any of several mixtures used as propelling charges in guns and as blasting agents in mining. The first such explosive was black powder, a mixture of saltpeter (potassium nitrate), sulfur, and charcoal. It originated in the 9th century in China and made its way west in the 13th century. The recipe was refined and finally fixed in the 14th century; black powder is still widely used for ignition charges, primers, fuses, blank charges in military ammunition, and fireworks.In 1838 it was discovered that cotton could be made explosive by dipping it in concentrated nitric acid, and the form of nitrocellulose known as guncotton came into use as an ingredient of gunpowder in the 1860s. In the 1880s Paul Vieille (1854–1934) used nitrocellulose to create the first smokeless gunpowder; modern gunpowder consists of either nitrocellulose alone or a combination of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin.
It look like all country like USA control world marketing of cotton and they keep price at tons ridiculously low(already seen that on TV report talking about cotton embargo in the world). I don't think development of agricultural policy, agronomy, gene research and food engineering is the only center interest of scientists like they said. Allot of involved purposes are military too!
Mankind
english.people.com.cn/200208/02/eng20020802_100811.shtml
This line catch my attention:
The scientists are going to be involved in 25 top-priority research projects, including the development of agricultural policy, agronomy, gene research and food engineering.
Did you know that gunpowder...:
Any of several mixtures used as propelling charges in guns and as blasting agents in mining. The first such explosive was black powder, a mixture of saltpeter (potassium nitrate), sulfur, and charcoal. It originated in the 9th century in China and made its way west in the 13th century. The recipe was refined and finally fixed in the 14th century; black powder is still widely used for ignition charges, primers, fuses, blank charges in military ammunition, and fireworks.In 1838 it was discovered that cotton could be made explosive by dipping it in concentrated nitric acid, and the form of nitrocellulose known as guncotton came into use as an ingredient of gunpowder in the 1860s. In the 1880s Paul Vieille (1854–1934) used nitrocellulose to create the first smokeless gunpowder; modern gunpowder consists of either nitrocellulose alone or a combination of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin.
It look like all country like USA control world marketing of cotton and they keep price at tons ridiculously low(already seen that on TV report talking about cotton embargo in the world). I don't think development of agricultural policy, agronomy, gene research and food engineering is the only center interest of scientists like they said. Allot of involved purposes are military too!
Mankind