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Smokeless Powder. Share full article. April 8, 1900. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from April 8, 1900, Page 29 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

The first smokeless powder rifle was the famous French Lebel 1886, which used a revolutionary new type of propellant, the nitrocellulose “Poudre B,” and nearly doubled the velocity and power ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Safety of Smokeless Powders ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 106 No. 16 (April 1912), p. 358 doi:10.1038 ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Smokeless Powder and Gun Erosion ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 84 No. 8 (February 1901), p. 114 doi:10.1038 ...

The California Powder Works was also the first company on the Pacific Coast to produce nitro-cotton smokeless powder for cannons and supplied the U.S. Army during the Spanish American War. The ...