The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 142
an iron rod ; ARMS AND ARMOUR. 99 hand-cannons, or bâtons à feu (Fig. 66), were in a manner portable, for ifthey were handled by one man, it was never without his having recourse toanother for firing them. This last-named term, bâtons à feu, like that of cannon, existed before theinvention of… … Fig. 66.—Hand Cannon (or Bâton à feu), taken from a piece of Tapestry belonging to the Church of Notre Dame de Nantilly, Saumur. ancient royal ordinances we even see the term gros bâtons used to designatelarge pieces of artillery. According to M. de Saulcy, the most important improvement ever…
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