Gun Powder (Patent No: 165333)

Inventor: Perry, William Hoyt

Location: Cochrane

Comments: N/A

Description: No. 165,333. Gun Powder. Poudre a canon.

William Hoyt Perry. Cochrane, Alberta, Canada. 5th October, 1915; 6 years. Filed 26th June, 1915. Receipt No. 253,305.

Claim.—-The process herein described of producing from a mixture of melted granulated sugar and potassium chlorate a substance which, when tempered by heating, dried into a hard lump and crushed up to powder form, produces a white gunpowder of very strong quality, which is practically smokeless.