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Artillery Through the Ages

A Short, Illustrated History of the Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in AmericaBy Albert Manucy
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Looking at an old-time cannon, most people are sure of just one thing: the shot came out of the front end. For that reason, these pages are written; people are curious about the fascinating weapon that so prodigiously and powerfully lengthened the warrior's arm. And theirs is a justifiable curiosity, because the gunner and his "art" played a significant role in American history. Contents: The Era of Artillery The Ancient Engines of War Gunpowder Comes to Europe The Bombards Sixteenth Century Cannon The Seventeenth Century and Gustavus Adolphus The Eighteenth Century United States Guns of the Early 1800's Rifling The War Between the States The Change Into Modern Artillery Gunpowder Primers Modern Use of Black Powder The Characteristics of Cannon The Early Smoothbore Cannon Smoothbores of the Later Period Garrison and Ship Guns Siege Cannon Field Cannon Howitzers Mortars Petards Projectiles Solid Shot Explosive Shells Fuzes Scatter Projectiles Incendiaries and Chemical Projectiles Fixed Ammunition Rockets Tools The Practice of Gunnery
War & Battle

Audiobook details

GenreHistory
Length3 hrs 8 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 2, 2018
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Artillery Through the Ages
18SMOOTHBORES OF THE LATER PERIOD
2THE ERA OF ARTILLERY
19GARRISON AND SHIP GUNS
3THE ANCIENT ENGINES OF WAR
20SIEGE CANNON
4GUNPOWDER COMES TO EUROPE
21FIELD CANNON
5THE BOMBARDS
22HOWITZERS
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6SIXTEENTH CENTURY CANNON
23PETARDS
7THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY AND GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS
24PROJECTILES
8THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
25SOLID SHOT
9UNITED STATES GUNS OF THE EARLY 1800's
26EXPLOSIVE SHELLS
10RIFLING
27FUZES
11THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
28SCATTER PROJECTILES
12THE CHANGE INTO MODERN ARTILLERY
29INCENDIARIES AND CHEMICAL PROJECTILES
13GUNPOWDER
30FIXED AMMUNITION
14PRIMERS
31ROCKETS
15MODERN USE OF BLACK POWDER
32TOOLS
16THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CANNON
33THE PRACTICE OF GUNNERY
17THE EARLY SMOOTHBORE CANNON

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