Artillery Through the Ages / A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America
by Albert C. Manucy
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Contents
- United States Government Printing Office
- 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
- Primers
- Modern Use of Black Powder
- Smoothbores of the Later Period
- Garrison and Ship Guns
- Siege Cannon
- Field Cannon
- Howitzers
- Petards
- Solid Shot
- Explosive Shells
- Fuzes
- Scatter Projectiles
- Incendiaries and Chemical Projectiles
- Fixed Ammunition
- Rockets
- Historical Publications of the National Park Service