Piercy, Willis Duff · New York, Charles E. Merrill company · leaf 117
ld, the dagger, and thebow gave way, though the longbow continued in use as an EngHsh weapon until theclose of Queen Elizabeths reign. The invention of gunpowder was one of the most far-reaching events of all history. This terrific substancehas not only revolutionized warfare, but has changedthe… … An Archer of the FifteenthCentury IK) IXVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES mixed vary in different countries and in differentkinds of powders. It seems likely that powder wasinvented in the Far East, perhaps in China. Saltpetrecomes, for the most part, from China and India, onwhose vast plains it is found…
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