Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 449
ANCIENT AND MODERN ARTILLERY. By Lieutenant W. R. Hamilton. In these days of wonderful cannon,— dynamite,Catling and machine guns, — we are likely to forgetthe contrivances used by the soldiers of ancienttimes for throwing projectiles great distances, orfor battering down walls ; — or if we think… … A BATTEKING-RAM. we compare them, as we must do, with the greatand powerful guns of modern times. Neverthe-less, the machines used by the ancients for warlikepurposes were very powerful, quite ingenious, andto some extent even wonderful. Let us considerthem for a moment before turning to the…
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