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José González Hontoria
José González Hontoria (born 21 July 1840, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cadiz—d. 1889, Carabanchel, Madrid) was a Spanish inventor, field marshal of the marine infantry and brigadier of the navy. Biography At nine years old he entered the Military Naval College of San Fernando on 31 December 1851 as a midshipman. On 11 March 1858 he was commissioned as a student sublieutenant of the Academy of the Royal Corps of Artillery of the Navy from which he graduated in 1860 as a lieutenant and on 4 September was named assistant professor of the academy. He was sent by superiors on a path of learning and apprenticeship for the manufacture of gunpowder and arms, as well as to study the processes for the foundation of national industry. On 31 January 1861 he returned to his work as a professor. From 17 August 1863 he again took command of the School and Branch of Naval Gunners, of which he was the most senior professor. He made several studies about procedures for the production of gunpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanlúcar De Barrameda
Sanlúcar may refer to: * Sanlúcar de Barrameda, a city in the Province of Cádiz, Spain * Sanlúcar de Guadiana, a village in the Province of Huelva, Spain * Sanlúcar la Mayor, a city in the Province of Seville, Spain *Sanlúcar de Albaida, former name of the village of Albaida del Aljarafe, Seville, Spain * Manolo Sanlúcar (1943–2022), Spanish flamenco guitarist {{disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunpowder
Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive. It consists of a mixture of sulfur, charcoal (which is mostly carbon), and potassium nitrate, potassium nitrate (saltpeter). The sulfur and charcoal act as fuels while the saltpeter is an oxidizer. Gunpowder has been widely used as a propellant in firearms, artillery, rocketry, and pyrotechnics, including use as a blasting agent for explosives in quarrying, mining, building Pipeline transport, pipelines, tunnels, and road#Construction, roads. Gunpowder is classified as a Explosive#Low, low explosive because of its relatively slow decomposition rate, low ignition temperature and consequently low brisance, brisance (breaking/shattering). Low explosives deflagration, deflagrate (i.e., burn at subsonic speeds), whereas high explosives detonation, detonate, producing a supersonic shockwave. Ignition of gunpowder packed behind a projectile generates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Cádiz
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
