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AN EPROUVETTE – OR POWDER TESTER

NE of the constant annoyances for any sportsman during the 18th and early 19th centuries was the variable consistency of the gunpowder that was sold for use in his sporting gun. To ensure that he had consistent and reliable powder was essential if the sportsman was going

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