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Mills make the world go round

By Mildred Cookson and Nathanael Hodge Mills are most well known for grinding corn into flour. However, over the centuries mills powered by wind, water

Archivist’s Pick: Notes on gunpowder manufacture

Two of the most attractive items in the Alan and Glenys Crocker collection are beautiful handwritten notebooks from the Royal Gunpowder Factories at Faversham and

The Devil’s Art: The History of Gunpowder Manufacture

A man in a monk’s habit kneels on the floor, books and implements scattered about him. In his hand he holds a pair of scales