31 January 2017. Public Lecture. 'From the Dungheap to the Stars: The History of Early Gunpowder', by Kay Smith FSA. This lecture was sponsored and hosted by the Society of Antiquaries of London in its apartments at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. The Society recorded the proceedings and, with permission of the speaker(s), made them available online here, and on its website at www.sal.org.uk. All rights reserved.