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When either arm opens fire within sight of the enemy its position can be almost invariably detected by the field-glass, irrespective of the smokelessness or non-smokelessness of its ammunition.

From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald

This smokelessness can be understood from the fact that the products of combustion are nearly all non-condensible gases, and contain no solid products of combustion which would cause smoke.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

The next change demanded is smokelessness, and to accomplish it recourse is had to the high explosive field, mechanically mixing various substances with them to reduce and regulate their rapidity of action.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 by Various