Author: James Emerson TennentPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780666578747
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Excerpt from The Story of the Guns In addition to personal observation of the results of experiments with artillery, my information has been drawn from such records as are accessible to the public papers laid before Parliament, evidence taken by suc cessive Committees of the House of Commons, dis eussions in the theatres of scientific institutions, addresses delivered to large assemblies on special occa sions, reviews and periodicals, reports of the press upon the marvellous powers of the new ordnance as displayed from time to time at various points of the coast, and the comments of writers devoted exclusively to me chamical science in its application to the art of war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
