Originally called "Poudre V" from the name of the inventor, Paul Vieille, it was arbitrarily renamed "Poudre B" (short for poudre blanche—white powder...

shotguns. In 1884, Paul Vieille invented a smokeless powder called Poudre B (short for poudre blanche, white powder, as distinguished from black powder): 289–292 ...

firearm to use smokeless powder ammunition. The new propellant powder, "Poudre B," was nitrocellulose-based and had been invented in 1884 by French chemist...

their own versions of Poudre B, the first being Germany and Austria which introduced new weapons in 1888. Subsequently, Poudre B was modified several times...

Testing Commission) as the then new smokeless propellant introduced as Poudre B in the 1886 pattern 8×50mmR Lebel started a military rifle ammunition revolution...

Vieille already discovered it in 1884-1885, about the same time as his Poudre B, and noted its high flame temperatures leading to bore erosion, which led...

so named because the composition of the early smokeless powders such as Poudre B, ballistite and cordite, were the first of the new order of elephant guns...

the French military for their Mle 1886 infantry rifle and called Poudre B (for poudre blanche, or white powder) to distinguish it from black powder (gunpowder)...

for manufacture and widespread issue to U.S. troops. The development of Poudre B smokeless powder in 1884, introduced with the French Lebel Model 1886 rifle...

engine (1876) Krebs naval electric gyrocompass (1880) Smokeless powder Poudre B (1886) Operational usage Napoleonic Wars French Intervention in Spain French...

was a graduate of École Polytechnique. The new smokeless powder, called Poudre B, was three times as powerful as black powder for the same weight and left...

"smokeless powder" propellants available from the mid-1880s onwards, such as Poudre B, cordite and nitrocellulose allowed a gentler prolonged acceleration, hence...

magazine explosion that was probably caused by the decomposition of old Poudre B propellant. It killed 120 people and badly damaged the ship. Investigations...

(Rifle Testing Commission), as the new smokeless propellant introduced as Poudre B in the 1886 pattern 8mm Lebel had started a military rifle ammunition revolution...

military cartridge to use single-base smokeless, nitrocellulose based, (Poudre B) gunpowder as developed by Paul Vieille in 1884. The original 1886 pattern...

range Cheaper variant (15%) of the OFL 105 G2 employing the standard SNPE poudre B propellant. OFL 105 F2  France Giat Industries 1995 990 mm 18 kg depleted...

Mauser cartridge for use with the new smokeless propellant, introduced as Poudre B in the 1886 pattern 8×50mmR Lebel, which started a military rifle ammunition...

Mannlicher M1886 would be the winner. In 1887, the characteristics of Poudre B smokeless powder and revolutionary smallbore 8×50mmR Lebel cartridge became...

explosive, is invented by Alfred Nobel. 1884 Paul Marie Eugène Vieille creates Poudre B, the first practical smokeless powder. 1891 The explosive properties of...

Toulon, a magazine explosion destroyed the ship. An investigation blamed Poudre B, the smokeless propellant used by the French Navy for its shells. The wreck...

propellant due to the introduction of nitro-explosive propellants such as Poudre B, in France, and later by Nobel's ballistite and, in Britain, by cordite...

propelled by the first practical smokeless, nitrocellulose-based powder (Poudre B), as developed by Paul Vieille in 1884. The ballistic performance and range...

8x50mm Lebel, which was the first to be loaded with smokeless powder (Poudre B). The Berthier used a simplified and smoother version of the Lebel bolt...

bullet diameter for use with the new smokeless propellant introduced as Poudre B in the 1886 pattern 8×50mmR Lebel that started a military rifle ammunition...

tamed guncotton into a successful progressive smokeless gunpowder called Poudre B. Later on, in 1891, James Dewar and Frederick Augustus Abel also managed...

1886, of a new rifle for the technically revolutionary smokeless powder Poudre B developed by P. Vielle two years earlier. Essentially, that backfired:...

ships. An investigation revealed that the standard French propellant, Poudre B, was prone to decomposition that rendered it very unstable; it had likely...

cartridge for use with the then-new smokeless propellant, introduced as Poudre B, in the 1886 pattern 8×50mmR Lebel, which started a military rifle ammunition...

Chassepot in 1866. Smokeless gunpowder (modern nitrocellulose-based) : Poudre B by Paul Marie Eugène Vieille in 1884. It was first used to load the Lebel...

age of semi- and fully automatic firearms. 1884: Paul Vieille invents Poudre B, the first smokeless powder for firearms. 1884: Sir Charles Parsons invents...