Assertion: gunpowder | /r/HasProperty | considerable interest
Facets:
value: to early modern scholars
type: OTHER
value: because of their properties
type: CAUSE
value: because of the massive effects
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Saltpetre and gunpowder were both of considerable interest to early modern scholars because of their properties and because of the massive effects they could be made to produce.