Contents
Contents
THE ERA OF ARTILLERYThe Ancient Engines of WarGunpowder Comes to EuropeThe BombardsSixteenth Century CannonThe Seventeenth Century and Gustavus AdolphusThe Eighteenth CenturyUnited States Guns of the Early 1800'sRiflingThe War Between the StatesThe Change into Modern Artillery
GUNPOWDERPrimersModern Use of Black Powder
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CANNONThe Early Smoothbore CannonSmoothbores of the Later PeriodGarrison and Ship GunsSiege CannonField CannonHowitzersMortarsPetards
PROJECTILESSolid ShotExplosive ShellsFuzesScatter ProjectilesIncendiaries and Chemical ProjectilesFixed AmmunitionRockets
TOOLS
THE PRACTICE OF GUNNERY
GLOSSARY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
PIERRIERS VULGARLY CALLED PATTEREROS, from Francis Grose, Military Antiquities, 1796.