Assertion: chinese powder | /r/DistinctFrom | later gunpowders
Facets:
value: significantly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: And if you had bothered to scrutinize Volume 5, Part 7 to any significant degree you will find also that the saltpeter content of early European gunpowders initially contained similar levels of nitrate as the Chinese powders, which is significantly different from the later gunpowders used by the 17th and 18th century prior to the development of smokeless powders.