The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 125
he other hand, thesecannons, bound with cords to a block of wood, or resting on platforms, musthave been Aery difficult to move. At this period pieces of the largest calibre, which threw enormous stoneballs, were more commonly called bombards; mortars, or very short piecesthrowing heated… … Fig. 65.—Early Cannon, in tbe Tower of London. batons a feu (Fig. Q&), were in a manner portable, but though carried by oneman they always had a second at hand to fire them. According to M. de Saulcy, the most important improvement ever madein artillery is certainly that which consisted in…
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