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Artillery Through the Ages

Artillery Through the Ages

A Short, Illustrated History of the Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in AmericaBy Albert Manucy

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Artillery Through the Ages

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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

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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&#x27;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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