Gun-Founders of England - With a List of English Continental Gun Founders From XIV to XIX

Klappentext This 1937 book provides an authentic sketch of the history of English gun production. Zusammenfassung This 1937 book provides an authentic sketch of the history of English gun production! from their first use in the fourteenth century down to the time of Marlborough's campaigns in the early eighteenth century. This will be of value to anyone interested in English history and the development of guns. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Lord Cottesloe; Author's preface; Plates; Illustrations in text; 1. Introduction; 2. Manufacture; 3. Guns of iron and brass; 4. Gun-foundries in London and Calais; 5. Foundries of Douai and Woolwich; 6. Foundries of Sussex; 7. The Carron Foundry; 8. Powder and shot; 9. Proof and range; 10. Extracts from historical documents; 11. List of gun-founders of England and the Continent; 12. Bibliography; 13. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Lord Cottesloe, Charles Ffoulkes, Ffoulkes Charles
• Assisted by: Lord Cottesloe (Foreword)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2011
• EAN: 9780521170642
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17064-2
• No. of pages: 168
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