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Tag for questions on the application of theoretical or scientific knowledge for a practical objective, including methodologies, techniques, or processes.
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Were primers for pistols in short supply?
I am talking about pre-cartridge pistols which used primers. Gunpowder could be made from fairly available raw materials but primers not only required I think harder-to-come-by elements like mercury b …
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Origin of barber/surgeons: did it have to do with tools?
Although today it sounds absurd that someone who shaved men and I guess also cut hair would be entrusted to performing medical procedures, is it possible that few people had the tools or the ability t …
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Economic status of whites in the US South at the height of slavery?
In Tony Horwitz' book Midnight Rising about John Brown's raid, on page 23 discusses Calhoun's stance on slavery: he asserted that slavery freed Whites from drudgery and class conflict.
I wonder if at …
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Are there examples of artwork which anachronistically showed ancients equipped with firearms?
I do not mean modern art which does something like that humorously but rather for example a medieval painter showing Pharoah's army equipped with muzzleloaders due to the artist being unaware of the t …
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What was the first instance of Native Americans using gunpowder weapons in battle and did th...
I am afraid to ask this question too broadly but I would be very happy to get answers that included conflicts not just in the Americas. For example, India had superior rockets to those of the British …
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How serious was Fermat's statement about the ancients?
Or was it the case that people in the 1600s did not really know the level of technology in ancient Rome? …
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