Naval Propellants - A Brief Overview

[subdjoe]

This in not really within the scope of this forum, but it does start off:

Cordite was widely used by the British with Mark I being the first version produced, with manufacturing starting in 1889.

which date does fall in the accepted time frame. 

I think it is an interesting, and concise,  look at what came after what we call black powder as a propellant.

[cannonmn]

Don't forget that not everyone jumped right from black powder to smokeless.  In the US for example, Brown Powder or Brown Cocoa Powder came after black power for many big guns, then later everyone went to smokeless.  Here's an 1889 NYT article which has a good rundown on Brown Powder, how it was made, advantages, etc.  Brown Powder is an "advanced" form of black powder which has another material substituted for charcoal, and some other change in portions of ingredients.  Brown Powder is much slower-burning than black powder, and made the early, very long, "built-up guns" possible.
 
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F70D13FC3F5E1A738DDDAC0A94D0405B8984F0D3

[Artilleryman]

Interesting article.

[guardsgunner]

Yep, very interesting.

[moose53]

Wow , cool article. Thanks for posting

[subdjoe]

That's a great article, Cannonmn, thanks for the link.

That's one of the great things about this forum - the wealth of knowledge the regulars have, and the resources they know. 

[Cannoneer]

This in not really within the scope of this forum, but it does start off:

Cordite was widely used by the British with Mark I being the first version produced, with manufacturing starting in 1889.

which date does fall in the accepted time frame. 

I think it is an interesting, and concise,  look at what came after what we call black powder as a propellant.

Subdjoe,
You didn't post a link or reference.

[subdjoe]

OOPS!! I must have overwritten it.  Try this:

Naval Propellants - A Brief Overview