The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 139
olts at tbe besiegers. But the statement of Villani, that theEnglish were indebted to the employment of artillery for the victory ofCrécy, in 1346, must be treated as a pure invention, because it is certain thatthe firearms which may bave been in use at that time were in no waysuited to field… … Fig. 63.-Bombards on fîxed and roUing carriages. (From tbe JISS. 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 causingthèse to describe a curved liue, like modem…
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