| Title | Contributors | Publisher | Year | BatchDescrip | Medium |
| Gunpowder mills of Fernilee | Winfield, Joyce | The author | 1996 | | Book |
| Gunpowder mills of Westmorland and Furness | Wilson, Paul N Lord | Newcomen Society | 1964 | | Article |
| Short history of the new Sedgwick gunpowder mills | Wilson, Paul N Lord | National Trust | | | Book |
| Beam engines at the Royal Gunpowder Mills | Wilson, John | Friends Association of the Royal Gunpowder Mills | 2006 | | Book |
| Engines of war | Wilkinson, Henry | Richmond Publishing Co Ltd | 1973 | | Book |
| Gunpowder, government and war in the mid-eighteenth century | West, Jenny | Boydell Press | 1991 | | Book |
| Handbook of gunpowder and guncotton | Wardell, Major-General W H | HM Stationery Office | 1888 | | Book |
| Gunpowder mills of Cumbria: a history of Cumbria's gunpowder industry, The | Tyler, Ian | Blue Rock | 2002 | | Book |
| Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey | Tucker, Les | Royal Gunpowder Mills | | | Book |
| Listed buildings at the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey: history and industrial archaeology | Tucker, Les | Friends Association of the Royal Gunpowder Mills | 2004 | | Book |
| Guide to the Explosives Act, 1875 with remarks upon the Explosive Substances Act 1883 | Thomson CB, Captain J H | HM Stationery Office | 1962 | | Book |
| Waterways of the Royal Gunpowder Mills | Thomas, Richard | Royal Gunpowder Mills | 2013 | | Book |
| Saltpetre en Touraine 1775-1800 | Tassigny, Lucie | Centre d'Etudes Superieurs de la Rennaisance | 1999 | | Book |
| Kennall gunpowder company, Kennall Vale, Ponsanooth: An archaeological and historical study | Smith, John R | Cornwall trust for nature conservation | 1986 | | Book |
| Short History of the Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey | Simmons, W H | Controllerate of Royal Ordnance Factories | 1964 | | Manuscript/Typescript |
| Nitro-explosives, a practical treatise | Sanford, P Gerald | Crosby Lockwood and Son | 1906 | | Book |
| Lost powder mills of Leigh: the history of the gunpowder mills at Leigh, near Tonbridge, Kent | Rowley, Chris | Chistopher Rowley | 2009 | | Book |
| Powder alarm 1774 | Richmond, Robert P | Auerbach | 1971 | | Book |
| Imperial Chemical Industries, a history. Volume 1 The forerunners 1870-1926 | Reader, W J | Oxford University Press | 1970 | | Book |
| Explosives | Read, John | Pelican | 1942 | | Book |
| Archaeological survey of the gunpowder factory at Powdermills farm, Postbridge, Devon | Pye, A R; Robinson, R | Exeter City Council | 1990 | | Book |
| Short history of the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield | Putnam, Tim; Weinbren, Dan | Royal Ordnance plc | 1992 | | Book |
| Dartford gunpowder mills | Philp, Brian | Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit | 1984 | | Book |
| Great explosion at Faversham: 2 April 1916 | Percival, Arthur J | | | | Book |
| Faversham gunpowder factories what survives | Percival, Arthur J | Faversham Society | 1995 | | Book |
| Faversham's gunpowder industry: and its development | Percival, Arthur J | Faversham Society | 1986 | | Book |
| Trials tribulations and pranks: anthology of recollections by ex-staff of the Waltham Abbey Explosives Research Establishment | Paul, Norman | Friends Association of the Royal Gunpowder Mills | 2007 | | Book |
| Blackpowder manufacture in Cumbria | Patterson, Edward M; Simmons, Jack | Faversham Society | 1995 | | Book |
| Gunpowder manufacture at Faversham: Oare and Marsh factories | Patterson, Edward M | Faversham Society | 1995 | | Book |
| Gunpowder terminology and incorporation: the incorporation process in the manufacture of gunpowder and the history of the associated explosions | Patterson, Edward M | Faversham Society | 1997 | | Book |
| History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder | Partington, J. R. | W Heffer & Sons | 1960 | | Book |
| History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder | Partington, J. R. | W. H. Heffer & Sons. Cambridge | 1960 | | Book |
| Black powder, powder mils and the Greek War of Independence | Papadopoulos, Stelios | ETBA Cultural Foundation | 1997 | | Book |
| Low Wood Gunpowder Company its inception and early growth 1798-1808: an enquiry into the history of an industry in the Furness area of Lancashire | Palmer, Alice | | 1970 | | Thesis/Report |
| Eleutherian mills | O'Brien Quimby, Maureen | Hagley Museum & Library | 1973 | | Book |
| Priestley Lecture: The World's First Chemical Explosive-in China and the West | Needham, Joseph | Third BOC Priestley Conference | 1983 | | Article |
| Observations on Gunpowder | Napier, George | Royal Irish Academy? | 1787 | pp97-117 | Copied document |
| Gunpowder Tests and Eprouvettes. Part Two | Muller, H G | Guns Review | | | Article |
| Gunpowder Tests and Eprouvettes. Part One | Muller, H G | Guns Review | | | Article |
| Fernhurst cylinders and the defeat of Napoleon | Mitchell, Vic | Middleton Press | 2009 | | Article |
| Fernhurst Cylinders and the defeat of Napoleon | Mitchell, Vic | Middleton Press | 2009 | | Book |
| Bedfont gunpowder mills | Mills, John; Philo, Phil | Bedfont Research Group | 1985 | | Book |
| Low Wood Gunpowder Company its inception and early growth 1798-1808: an enquiry into the history of an industry in the Furness area of Lancashire | Marshall, J D; Palmer, Alice | Gunpowder Mills Study Group | 1998 | | Book |
| Explosives, their manufacture, properties, tests and history | Marshall, Arthur | J & A Churchill | 1915 | | Book |
| Short account of explosives | Marshall, Arthur | J & A Churchill | 1917 | | Book |
| Impressions of Hagley | MacKenzie, Jill | Hagley Museum & Library | 1991 | | Book |
| Firework book: gunpowder in Medieval Germany | Kramer, Gerhard W; Leibnitz, Klaus | Arms and Armour Society | 2001 | | Book |
| Chemie und Waffentechnik im 15 Jahrhundert | Kramer, Gerhard W | Deutsches Museum, Munich | 1995 | | Book |
| Gunpowder, alchemy, bombards and pyrotechnics; the history of the explosive that changed the world | Kelly, Jack | Basic Books | 2004 | | Book |
| Gunpowder: a history of the explosive that changed the world | Kelly, Jack | Atlantic Books | 2004 | | Book |
