ob-ably its use was learnt from the Saracens in the fourteenth century.Roger Bacon (? 1214-1294) suggested that it might be used inwarfare. In a Florentine document of 1326 mention is made of the useof gimpowder in Europe. The first use of the cannon recordedin English history is in 1327, when… … The breech-loader is loaded from the breech or rear end of the barrel and not at the muzzle. Figs. 334, 335 and 337 are examples of this kind and therefore must have a hole at each end. Figs. 331 and 332 are examples of muzzle-loading cannons and therefore have holes only at one end. During the…
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