The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 137
bolts at the besiegers. But the statement of Yillani, that theEnglish were indebted to the employment of artillery for the victory ofCrecy, in 1346, must be treated as a pure invention, because it is certain thatthe firearms which may have been in use at that time were in no waysuited to field… … Fig. 63.—Bombards on fixed and rolling carriages. (From the MSS. 851 and 852, Bibl. Imp. de Paris.) difficult of transport, but, intended as they were to be employed as catapults,they were generally constructed for hurling heavy projectiles, by causingthese to describe a curved line, like modern…
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