Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or, A descriptive catalogue of the ... library of George John, earl Spencer (1814)
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847, John Rylands Library · London · leaf 62
We now come to offensive weapons in the shape of cannon, mor-tars, and bombs ; but the whole is preceded by an elegantly designedfigure sliooting at an aperture in a tower, with a cross bow, thus : i … 50 MISCELLANEOUS. [/. of Verona; 1172. The recto of the ensuing leaf is blank. Cannons of various forms,and applied in various ways, by means of elevations, immediatelysucceed. From these I shall give a specimen of what would be called,in modern warfare, a bomb: the text preceding it is as follows:…
