Timeline for What explosives could a small stone-age island nation feasibly discover?
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| Jul 26, 2018 at 12:01 | comment | added | Joe P | @Flummox To improve upon the coconut grenade, use ceramic jars instead, since not only does fired clay not decompose, they can withstand higher pressure resulting in higher projectile velocity. As yet another bonus, ceramic shards will be more lethal than coconut shards. | |
| Jul 19, 2018 at 2:41 | history | edited | Gryphon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 14, 2018 at 15:59 | comment | added | Doktor J | Dried kelp would be a great resource for an island nation! | |
| May 2, 2017 at 10:42 | vote | accept | Gryphon | ||
| Apr 25, 2017 at 5:18 | comment | added | John | you can make soda and potash by burning kelp, these can be used to make all kinds of fun things. | |
| Apr 25, 2017 at 5:10 | comment | added | John | you can make saltpeter from urine, technically you can get sulfur this way as well. The british actually made donating your urine to the state mandatory for a while becasue saltpeter was in such high demand for the military. | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 19:32 | comment | added | Blackbeagle | Note that you have the nitrate and from a volcano you could have sulfates. Combine them and you can have nitration which is the root of nitroglycerine, Aunt Jemima and other nitrated explosives. Would require some degree of sophistication. | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 15:13 | comment | added | Flummox uses codidact.com | I am aware of that. It takes a lot of work to make one, more then mines or grenades. Bamboo rockets could work as well. Or the arrow rack mentioned elsewhere. But on an island you might not have the things you need for that. Big logs for cannon or large bamboo for rockets... | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 15:07 | comment | added | user20762 | I would just add that wood cannons have in fact been used, and do work, but not usually for more than a few shots at best. | |
| Apr 11, 2017 at 20:31 | history | answered | Flummox uses codidact.com | CC BY-SA 3.0 |