The explosion was caused with some kind of fireworks or firecracker containing too little gunpowder to seriously damage the building.

Sometimes a small portion of a building would be constructed of stone, providing a space to store and contain gunpowder.

X-rays by Japanese scientists of the excavated shells confirmed that they contained gunpowder.

It derives from the act of biting open a paper cartridge containing gunpowder in order to load contemporary rifles.

Even more interesting, though, were a number of small barrels, thick-walled and tightly sealed, containing gunpowder.

The rifle did not sell well as the ammunition was a hollow based bullet containing gunpowder.

A blank is a type of cartridge for a firearm that contains gunpowder but no bullet or shot.

Oxford later claimed that the guns contained only gunpowder.

None of the barrels contained gunpowder, for Sharpe had only possessed a limited supply, but the French were not to know that.

This simple invention, which is a length of string containing gunpowder coated in tar, went on to become a global lifesaver.