Image Talcum Powder.JPEG thumb Talcum powderBabypowder is an astringent powder substance powder used for preventing diaper rash , as a deodorant , and for other cosmetic uses. It may be composed of talc in which case it is also called talcum powder or corn starch . Talcum powder is harmful if inhaled since it may cause aspiration pneumonia or granuloma . ref cite book last Harper first John coauthors Arnold Oranje, Neil Prose title Textbook of Pediatric Dermatology publisher Blackwell Science date 2000 page 156 isbn 0865429391 ref Drugs such as cocaine are sometimes cut with talcum powder ref cite journal last Boland first Philip date 2008 title British drugs policy Problematizing the distinction between legal and illegal drugs and the definition of the drugs problem journal Probation Journal volume 55 issue 2 pages 171 187 doi 10.1177 0264550508089120 ref . It is also an ingredient in counterfeit pharmaceuticals and food products as a bulking agent in order to give the appearance of a larger quantity than actually present. ref cite journal last Yankus first Wyatt date 2008 title Counterfeit drugs coming to a pharmacy near you journal Journal of Pharmaceutical Finance, Economics & Policy volume 16 issue 3 pages 3 42 ref Pediatricians generally prefer cornstarch to talc because it is unlikely to be easily inhaled. ref cite http www.babycenter.com 406 is it safe to use babypowder on my baby 1519559.bc ref The ingredients of Johnson & Johnson Johnson s baby powders are listed as Maize Zea Mays Corn starch starch , Tricalcium Phosphate and Fragrance or Talc and Perfume Parfum fact date March 2012 . References reflist External links http www.babypowder.com index Johnson s BabyPowder Story Category Babycare Category Skin care dermatology stub ja sv Babypuder ... more details
Wiktionary Powder may refer to Powder substance , material composed of very fine particles that are not cemented together Powder film Powder film , a 1995 film Powder band , a mid 1990s Britpop band Powder blue , a color Powder , a song from the soundtrack of Cowboy Bebop Knockin on Heaven s Door Protocol for Web Description Resources POWDER , a W3C Working Group that is specifying a protocol for publishing descriptions of such as metadata about Web resources using RDF, OWL, and HTTP Powder TV series , a TV series on Sony Entertainment Television, India Powder hundred , an ancient subdivision of Cornwall in the United kingdom Powder, a BBC Two ident used from 1992 until 2001 see BBC Two 1991 2001 idents Several powdery substances are known colloquially as powder Powdered milk , a milk powder made from dried milk solids Cosmetic powders such as face powder and body or talcum powders Gunpowder , the explosive powder used as a propellant Baking powder , a leavening agent Types of snow On the ground Fine snowfall Laundry detergent in powder form Cocaine Various Fire extinguisher Dry chemical dry chemical fire extinguishing agents disambig Other languages cs Pr ek de Pulver es Polvo desambiguaci n io Pulvero it Polvere disambigua ru ... more details
Refimprove date September 2008 File Loose mineral powder 2 .jpg thumb Loose mineral powder Face powder is a cosmetics cosmetic Powder substance powder applied to the face to set a foundation cosmetics foundation after application. It can also be reapplied throughout the day to minimize shininess caused by oily skin . There is translucent sheer powder, and there is pigment ed powder. Certain types of pigmented facial powders are meant be worn alone with no base foundation. Powder tones the face and gives an even appearance. Besides toning the face, some powders with sunscreen can also reduce skin damage from sunlight and environmental stress. It comes packaged either as a compact or as loose powder. It can be applied with a sponge, brush, or powder puff . Uniform distribution over the face is achieved easier when a loose powder is applied. Because of the wide variation among human skin tone s, there is a corresponding variety of colors of face powder. There are also several types of powder. A common powder used in beauty products is talc or babypowder , which is absorbent and provides toning to the skin. Application Face powder should be carefully chosen to match the skin tone in order to show the best results. ref http www.face powder.com how to apply face powder.htm ref See also Foundation cosmetics Blushing References reflist cosmetics DEFAULTSORT Face Powder Category Cosmetics fashion stub be be x old bg cs Pudr de Puder fr Poudre maquillage hr Puder io Pudro it Cipria kk ku Spiyaw nl Poeder make up pl Puder ru fi Puuteri sv Puder tr Pudra ... more details
Powder Blue may refer to Powder blue , a shade of blue Powder Blue film Powder Blue film , written and directed by Timothy Linh Bui disambig page title Powder Blue ... more details
Zombie Powder , zombie powder , or zombiepowder may refer to Zombiepowder. , an unfinished 1999 manga series by Tite Kubo Pufferfish powder, a powder allegedly used in Vodoun and Santer a, e.g. to paralyse a person Disambig ... more details
Powder River may refer to Powder River Montana , in Wyoming and Montana in the United States Powder River Country , the area around the above river. Powder River Oregon , in Oregon in the United States Powder River Basin , a major coal producing region in the United States Powder River Pass , a mountain pass in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming Powder River County, Montana Powder River, Wyoming In history Powder River Expedition , refers to two military expeditions through the Powder River region Battle of Powder River , a military battle fought during the Black Hills War In transportation USS LSM R 519 , renamed Powder River in 1955 In entertainment Powder River, a 1989 studio album by country music artist Chris LeDoux In sports Arkansas Ole Miss rivalry 1954 Powder River Pass Powder River pass , a football play in 1954 giving Arkansas a 6 0 win over Ole Miss. disambig de Powder River fr Powder rivi re pt Powder River ru zh ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Body powder is the generic name for alternatives to talcum powder . It is usually made from a combination of tapioca flour, rice flour, cornstarch , kaolin , arrowroot powder, and or orrisroot powder, but also other powders may be used. Cosmetics DEFAULTSORT Body Powder Category Cosmetics ... more details
of banana powder in baby formula has been widespread since the very early 1900s as a method of keeping ...Banana powder is a powder made from processed banana s. It is used as a component for production of milk shakes and baby food s. ref cite web url http www.thehindubusinessline.com 2005 05 25 stories 2005052501581000.htm title The Hindu Business Line BARC develops tech to make biscuits, baby food from ... books?id hY0SrXNTBpsC&pg PA29&dq 22banana powder 22&hl en&ei Kw3wTIH CYP 8Aat6pn6Cw&sa X&oi ... http books.google.com books?id mnh6aoI8iF8C&pg PA873&dq 22banana powder 22&hl en&ei VQnwTKrUC8L98Aaq ... accessdate November 26, 2010 ref Manufacture Banana powder is formed by using banana pulp, which ... none of the paste is lost while drying. The drum drying also produces about 2 more powder and also ...&pg PA33&dq 22banana powder 22&hl en&ei Kw3wTIH CYP 8Aat6pn6Cw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum ... Regardless of the drying process banana powder can generally only stay fresh on the shelf for about ... year 2007 title Packaging and storage studies on spray dried ripe banana powder under ambient conditions ... http books.google.com books?id 9IAAAAYAAJ&q 22banana powder 22&dq 22banana powder 22&hl en&ei VQnwTKrUC8L98Aaq ... books?id Pi0XAQAAIAAJ&pg RA1 PA13&dq 22banana powder 22&hl en&ei VQnwTKrUC8L98Aaq tDIDA&sa X&oi ... PA290&dq 22banana powder 22 history&hl en&ei DxPwTKSAFMT58AbT9qSJDA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum ... banana powder was the main ingredient. Because of the useful properties of banana powder, Melzo ... Uses Banana powder, because of its high concentration of banana essence, has been found to be a major ... ingredients of the powder are still markedly superior to that of other fruits . ref cite book ... location isbn page pages 218 224 url http books.google.com books?id o5ReAAAAIAAJ&q 22banana powder 22&dq 22banana powder 22&hl en&ei RhHwTOOKGcqr8AaPm82 DA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 4&ved 0CDwQ6AEwAzgU accessdate November 26, 2010 ref The powder has also been found to be useful as a general ... more details
Baby, Baby may refer to BabyBaby Amy Grant song BabyBaby Amy Grant song BabyBaby Corona song BabyBaby Corona song Baby, Baby Nicole & Hugo song Baby, Baby Nicole & Hugo song BabyBaby The Vibrators song BabyBaby The Vibrators song Baby, Baby I Know You re a Lady , a song by David Houston BabyBaby Girls Generation song BabyBaby a song by Girls Generation Baby, Baby , a song by Eighth Wonder BabyBaby doll , a DeFilippo Doll produced by Ideal Toy Company DeFilippo Dolls Ideal Toy Company See also BabyBabyBaby , a song by Joss Stone BabyBabyBaby , a song by TLC BabyBabyBaby , a song by Endeverafter from Kiss or Kill album Kiss or Kill Baby disambiguation disambiguation ko BabyBaby pt BabyBaby ... more details
Powder Horn may mean Powder Horn ammunition , the device for carrying gunpowder Powder Horn Boy Scouts of America , the Venturing training program offered by the Boy Scouts of America Powder Horn Mountain , the gated residential resort community located in Triplett, Watauga County, North Carolina disambig ... more details
norefs date July 2007 Powder shading is a Sketch drawing sketching shading Drawing shading method. In this style, the stumping powder and paper Stump drawing stumps are used to draw a picture. This can be in color. The stumping powder is smooth and doesn t have any shiny particles. The poster created with powder shading looks more beautiful than the original. The paper to be used should have small grains on it so that the powder remains on the paper. References refs See also Shading Category Artistic techniques Category Drawing art stub ... more details
otheruses File Das sich pudernde M dchen.jpg thumb A nude woman applying face powder with a powder puff Powder puffs are pieces of soft material used for the application of face powder . They may be shaped as balls or pads. Historically, powder puffs have been made of very fine down feather s, cotton, fine Wool fleece , etc. In modern times synthetic material s are widely used for powder puffs. In addition to softness, an important characteristic of powder puffs is their intake ability, i.e., the ability to hold powder. It was reported that for synthetic fibers important factors in designing high intake powder puffs are mostly geometric ones fiber diameter, pile textile pile length, and space between fibers, with little dependence on material factors. ref http sciencelinks.jp j east article 200518 000020051805A0742682.php Intake Ability of Powder Puffs Made of Synthetic fiber Cloths , Journal of the Japan Research Association for Textile End Uses 2005 , vol. 46, no. 8. 519 528. ref Powder puffs have been used as a stereotype image for soft, careless femininity , as seen, e.g., in the term powderpuff sports , including collegiate sorority flag football leagues. The name of the Powerpuff Girls is a pun on the word powder puff . References reflist Commons cat Category Cosmetics de Puderquaste ja fi Puuterihuisku ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Image Powder boxes in Muzeum Zag bia.JPG thumb right 100 Powder boxes in a Polish museum Powder box was a small device used to carry gunpowder . Used for many centuries, they ranged from simple and functional to quite ornate and decorative. Commons category Powder boxes Firearm stub Mil hist stub Category Military equipment pl Prochownica ru ... more details
wiktionarypar powder room A powder room may refer to The room in the Magazine artillery Naval magazines magazine of a warship that holds the gunpowder A gunpowder magazine in a building A women s toilet or restroom, especially in a building open to the public A bathroom in a private dwelling disambig ... more details
Meal powder is the fine dust left over when black powder gunpowder is corned and screened to separate it into different grain sizes. It is used extensively in various pyrotechnic procedures, usually to prime other compositions. It can also be used in many fireworks to add power and substantially increasing the height of the firework. Mill meal powder is a mixture of potassium nitrate , charcoal and sulfur in the correct proportions 75 15 10 which has been ball milled to mix it intimately. It is used in the same way as commercial meal powder or can be pressed and corned to produce true black powder. To make meal powder or black powder, a chemist mixes the ingredients by mass, never by volume. These ingredients are processed in a ball mill , basically a spinning drum with non sparking ceramic or lead balls. The more time left in the mill, the more explosive the powder will be. One main reason to ball mill as opposed to other methods is because it presses sulfur and KNO sub 3 sub into the porous charcoal. See also Green mix External links http www.pyroguide.com index.php?title Meal Black powder A pyroguide article on Meal powder explosive stub Category Pyrotechnic compositions Category Granular materials de Schwarzpulver Mehlpulver sv Mj lkrut ... more details
for the film Powder Blue film Citations missing date March 2010 Powder blue may refer to two different colors. Citation needed date June 2011 The paler variant is often associated with Snow Snow on the ground 2 powder snow . Powder blue web color powder blue infobox color title Powder blue textcolor black hex B0E0E6 r 176 g 224 b 230 c 100 m 20 y 0 k 0 h 220 s 70 v 90 source Web colors X11 color names X11 ref name css3 color http www.w3.org TR css3 color html4 W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords ref The web color powder blue is shown on the right. The first recorded use of powder blue meaning the pale blue color as a color name in English language English was in 1774. ref Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York 1930 McGraw Hill Page 202. See color sample of powder blue, Page 95 Plate 36 Color Sample H2 ref Dark powder blue smalt The original, darker powder blue color referred to smalt , a crushed glass product used in laundry laundering and dye dyeing applications and of a deep, dark blue hue . The cobalt blue colored glass was itself made from zaffre . The first recorded use of powder blue meaning the dark blue color as a color name in English language English was in 1707. ref Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York 1930 McGraw Hill Page 202. See color sample of powder blue smalt , Page 109 Plate 43 Color Sample D11 ref References references See also List of colors External links http webexhibits.org pigments indiv overview smalt.html Smalt Shades of blue Powder Category Shades of blue ca Blauet color it Blu polvere vi Xanh th y tinh zh ... more details
unreliable sources date April 2012 A powder burn is a type of burn caused by exposure to the burning gases which are expelled from the muzzle of a firearm as it is fired. ref cite web url http www.thefreedictionary.com powder burn title powder burn definition of powder burn by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia publisher Thefreedictionary.com date accessdate 2012 04 14 ref Powder burns only occur when the person or item to be burned is close to the discharging firearm, as the gases quickly dissipate. ref cite web url http blogs.howstuffworks.com 2009 08 17 in order to leave powder burns on a body how close would a gun have to be when fired title In order to leave powder burns on a body, how close would a gun have to be when fired? The Blogs at HowStuffWorks publisher Blogs.howstuffworks.com date 2009 08 17 accessdate 2012 04 14 ref This can be an indicator on a corpse of whether the person was shot at point blank range or not. References reflist Category Injuries injury stub ... more details
Refimprove date February 2008 image Powder Coating Aluminium Extrusions.jpg thumb right Aluminium extrusions being powder coated File Powder Coated Bicycle Parts.jpg thumb right Powder coated bicycle frames and parts Powder coating is a type of coating that is applied as a free flowing, dry powder. The main difference between a conventional liquid paint and a powder coating is that the powder coating ... a skin . The powder may be a thermoplastic or a thermoset polymer . It is usually used to create a hard finish that is tougher than conventional paint. Powder coating is mainly used for coating of metal .... Newer technologies allow other materials, such as MDF medium density fibreboard , to be powder coated using different methods. Advantages and disadvantages There are several advantages of powder coating over conventional liquid coatings Powder coatings emit zero or near zero volatile organic compound s VOC . Powder coatings can produce much thicker coatings than conventional liquid coatings without running or sagging. Powder coating overspray can be recycled and thus it is possible to achieve nearly 100 use of the coating. Powder coating production lines produce less hazardous waste than conventional liquid coatings. Capital equipment and operating costs for a powder line are generally less than for conventional liquid lines. Powder coated items generally have fewer appearance differences ... coating processes. While powder coatings have many advantages over other coating processes, there are some ... size and glass transition temperature TG of the powder. On smaller jobs, the cost of powder ... handling and ease of application, most powder coatings have a particle size in the range of 30 ... 2010 date April 2010 . For such powder coatings, film build ups of greater than 50 m may be required ... coating is less prone to showing fingerprints. There are very specialized operations where powder coatings ... films. One variation of the dry powder coating process, the Powder Slurry process, combines the advantages ... more details
Powder Magazine , Powder House , or Powderworks may refer to Gunpowder magazine Magazine artillery , the general term in the United States by state then town or city Powder Magazine Montgomery, Alabama , List of RHPs in AL listed on the NRHP in Alabama Powder Magazine Blue Ball, Arkansas , List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas CCC Company 3767 Powder Magazine Historic District , Jessieville, AR, List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas CCC Company 741 Powder Magazine Historic District , Norman, AR, List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas CCC Company 749 Powder Magazine , Briggsville, AR, List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Sanchez Powder House Site , St. Augustine, FL, List of RHPs in FL listed on the NRHP in Florida Confederate Powderworks , Augusta, Georgia Powder Magazine Baton Rouge, Louisiana , List of RHPs in LA listed on the NRHP in Louisiana Camp Parapet Powder Magazine , Metairie, LA, listed on the NRHP in Louisiana Buxton Powder House , Buxton Center, ME, List of RHPs in ME listed on the NRHP in Maine Powder House Lot , Hallowell, ME, List of RHPs in ME listed on the NRHP in Maine Powder House Square , a neighborhood and landmark rotary in Somerville, Massachusetts Powder House Park , Somerville, MA, List of RHPs in MA listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts Powder House Pony, Montana , List of RHPs in MT listed on the NRHP in Montana Hessian Powder Magazine , Carlisle, PA, List of RHPs in PA listed on the NRHP in Pennsylvania Logans Ferry Powder Works Historic District , Plum Borough, PA, List of RHPs in PA listed on the NRHP in Pennsylvania Fort Johnson Powder Magazine , Charleston, SC, List of RHPs in SC listed on the NRHP in South Carolina Powder Magazine Charleston, South Carolina , a U.S. National Historic Landmark ... in Texas Civilian Conservation Corps Powder Magazine , Torrey, UT, List of RHPs in UT listed ... de Powder Magazine ... more details
Image DSC03075.JPG thumb upright One component of a Powder Mill, taken from Encyclop die , published by Denis Diderot , circia 1770 Image Hagley Mill Equipment.jpg thumb A working example of the drawing above. This is a restored edge runner mill at Eleutherian Mills The term powder mill is usually used for a mill grinding mill that manufactures blackpowder , a type of gunpowder . A powder mill could be driven by windmill wind or water mill water power, and contained rollers for grinding the ingredients of gunpowder together, as well as presses and tumbling barrels and sieve s for compacting, granulating, and grading the powder. Powder mills were built with an eye towards mitigating the danger of explosion , usually with one or more walls built purposely weak so that the force of an accidental explosion could be directed towards an open field or a river. In 1802, the DuPont family started their industrial enterprises in the United States by building the Eleutherian Mills on the Brandywine Creek Christina River Brandywine Creek in Delaware . This was the start of large scale gunpowder production in America, supplanting what had been primarily a cottage industry . The place where the finished powder was stored was called a Gunpowder magazine powder magazine . America California Powder Works , Santa Cruz, California Eleutherian Mills DuPont , Wilmington, Delaware Frankford Powder Mill , Frankford, Philadelphia Frankford , Pennsylvania Hazard Powder Company , Hazardville, Connecticut Laflin & Rand Powder Company , Orange Mill Historic District Newburgh, New York Morristown Powder Mill , Morristown, New Jersey 1776, Jacob Ford, Marker at rear of Acorn Hall property Oriental Powder Company , Windham, Maine Europe Grenelle Mill France Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills , County Cork Cork , Ireland Faversham explosives industry , Faversham , England Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills , Waltham Abbey, Essex , England Category Firearm industry de Pulverm hle fr Poudrerie explosif ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Lift powder is simply granulated black powder also known as gunpowder . It consists of potassium nitrate , sulfur , carbon , and dextrin . Dextrin acts as a water soluble glue to hold the black powder together, so when it dries it will be rock hard. Lift powder gets its name because it is used for such things as launching shells out of mortars in pyrotechnics . Pyrotechnicians use this because it has a fast burn rate but not so fast as to cause the mortar to explode or cause other damage. Lift powder is good for this application because normal black powder cannot burn fast enough to push a shell out of a mortar fast enough the shell would only go a few feet in the air. Lift powder does not burn so fast though, like flash powder , as to explode a mortar. A lift charge is an explosive charge. Manufacturing Lift powder This process is relatively simple. First take 100 grams of black powder and put it in a plastic ziploc bag. Second, take 10 grams of dextrin and mix that in also. Then, carefully pour a small amount of water. Mix well always by hand, not a machine . The mixture should become thick enough to stick together if squeezed between the fingers. If it is too dry, carefully add more water. Now, take an old spaghetti strainer and put all the wet lift powder into it and squeeze it out onto a paper plate. Let it dry in the sun for a day or two. Once it is dry, some of the pieces may be a bit large. Just crumble those down. Overall the granules should be about the size of medium sized cookie crumbs, about 10 20 mesh. DEFAULTSORT Lift Powder Category Pyrotechnic compositions ... more details
Two other uses the metaphorical term powder keg the 1998 Serbian film Powder Keg film the Marvel Comics supervillain Powderkeg wiktionary A powder keg is a barrel of gunpowder . The powder keg was the primary method for storing and transporting large quantities of black powder up until the 1870s and the adoption of the modern cased bullet . However, the barrels had to be handled with care, since a spark or other source of heat could cause the contents to deflagrate . Metaphor Powder keg is also a metaphorical term sometimes political, socio economic, historical or other circumstances have made the subject prone to outbursts. The analogy is drawn from a perception that certain territories may seem peaceful and dormant until another event triggers a large outburst of violence . ref http www.mrdowling.com 706 powderkeg.html Dowling, Mike, A Powder Keg in Europe, available from http www.mrdowling.com 706powderkeg.html Internet updated Sunday, January 22, 2006. 2009, Mike Dowling. All rights reserved ref ref http www.voanews.com english 2006 11 18 voa15.cfm dead link date October 2010 ref The term is most often used to simplify and help the understanding of what many times is a complex set of circumstances that lead to conflicts see diagram of World War I Powder Keg ref http www.schoolhistory.co.uk gcselinks wars firstwwlinks worksheets explosivewwi.pdf Diagram of World War I Powder Keg. schoolhistory.co.uk ref . While the term is used sometimes to refer to the entire region of Europe it is almost always used to specifically describe countries on the Balkan peninsula and particularly the ex Yugoslavian countries . The most cited event attributed to the use of the term was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand that took place in Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1914 which triggered World War I . See also Powder Keg of Europe References reflist DEFAULTSORT Powder Keg Category Causes of war Category Containers Category English idioms Mil hist stub ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2011 File Prag Pulverturm.jpg thumb Powder Gate See also Powder Tower, Riga The Powder Tower lang cs Pra n br na , literally Powder Gate is a Gothic architecture Gothic tower in Prague , Czech Republic and one of the old city gates. It is one of the symbols of Prague, leading into the Old Town Prague Old Town . Dating from 1475, the Powder Tower was built as one of 13 gates to the city of Prague. When construction began, it was connected via the small bridge at the right of the photo to the royal palace. Before construction was completed, however, King Vladislav Jagellonsk moved his residence to Prague Castle in 1485. Nevertheless, the Powder Tower remained important to the Bohemian kings until 1836, the Bohemian monarchs would pass through the Powder Tower on their way to St. Vitus Cathedral for their coronation. As the city grew beyond its old walls, the Powder Tower grew less and less important except on those rare occasions when a new king was being crowned . By the 17th century, it was being used as a gunpowder storage facility it was at this time that it developed its name. The tower was severely damaged in 1757 when Prague was occupied by the Prussians, but was eventually restored to its former glory in the 1870s and 1880s. The Powder Tower was designed by master builder Mat j Rejsek based on plans by Peter Parler for the Old Town Bridge Tower at the foot of Charles Bridge . It is now one of the few remnants of the fortifications that once surrounded the city. External links commonscat Pra n br na http www.prague wiki.com wiki Powder Tower Powder Tower on Prague wiki coord 50.0872 N 14.4278 E source kolossus dewiki display title Category Buildings and structures in Prague Category Towers in the Czech Republic Category Gates be , cs Pra n br na de Prager Pulverturm eo Pulvoturo fr Tour Poudri re de Prague it Porta delle Polveri pl Brama Prochowa w Pradze ru sk Pra n br na uk ... more details
Dover s powder was a traditional medicine against Common cold cold and fever . It is no longer in use in modern medicine, but may have been in use at least through the 1960s. A 1958 source describes Dover s Powder as follows Powder of Ipecacuanha and Opium B.P. , Egyp. P. , Ind. P. . Pulv. Ipecac. et Opii Ipecac and Opium Powder U.S.N.F. Dover s Powder Compound Ipecacuanha Powder. Prepared ipecacuanha, 10 g., powdered opium 10 g., lactose 80 g. It contains 1 of anhydrous morphine. Dose 320 to 640 mg. 5 to 10 grains . Many foreign pharmacies include a similar powder, sometimes with potassium sulphate or with equal parts of potassium nitrate and potassium sulphate in place of lactose max. single dose 1 to 1.5 g. and max. in 24 hours 4 to 6 g. ref The Extra Pharmacopoeia Martindale . Vol. 1, 24th edition. London The Pharmaceutical Press, 1958, page 812. This reference also cites Tablets of Ipecacuanha and Opium B.P. , Ind. P. Tab. Ipecac. et Opii B.N.F. , Dover s Powder Tablets. Unless otherwise specified tablets each containing 5 grains of powder of ipecacuanha and opium are supplied. ref Named from Doctor Thomas Dover, an English people English physician of the eighteenth century who first prepared it, the powder was an old preparation of powder of Carapichea ipecacuanha ipecacuanha which is currently used to produce syrup of ipecac , opium in powder, and potassium sulfate . The powder was largely used in domestic practice to induce sweating , to defeat the advance of a cold and at the beginning of any attack of fever . It was also known by the name pulvis ipecacuanhae et opii . To obtain the greatest benefits from its use as a sudorific , it was recommended that copious drafts of some warm and harmless drink be ingested after the use of the powder. The following excerpt ..., of mercury I chloride calomel and opium, infusion of ipecacuanha or Dover s powder, and this with tonics ... a perfect case. blockquote References references DEFAULTSORT Dover s Powder Category Traditional medicine ... more details
File Jonathan Gardner Powder horn 1776 at the Concord Mass Museum.JPG thumb right 250px A powder horn and gun from the American Revolution found in the Concord Museum Image Powder horn PSF .png 150px thumb right Line art drawing of a powder horn. A powder horn was a device used to carry gunpowder , and was generally created from cow or buffalo horn. They were most commonly used with eighteenth century musket s, but were rendered obsolete by the development of breech loading fire arms, in particular, innovations brought about by John H. Hall soldier Hall , Christian Sharps Sharps , Christopher Miner Spencer Spencer and the later development of self contained Cartridge firearms cartridge s that were developed and marketed successfully by Oliver Winchester . The first known creator of one was a man named Michael London, who was famed for such creations. The use of animal horn along with nonferrous metal parts ensured that the powder would not be detonated by sparks during storage and loading. Horn was also naturally waterproof and already hollow inside. A number of period horns dating from the French and Indian war s throughout the American Revolution and beyond, have been preserved in private and other collections. Many examples shed light on the life and history of the individuals that used them, and can be classified as a unique medium of folk art . References File Royal navy power horn.JPG thumb right A Royal navy Powder horn Reflist External links Historic Deerfield , http www.historic deerfield.org events engraved powder horns french and indian war and american revolution william h guthman collect Powder Horns from The William H. Guthman Collection DEFAULTSORT Powder Horn Category Early firearms weapon stub pt Polvarim ... more details
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