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To compare a Roman catapult with a modern trench mortar seems absurd. Yet the only basic difference is the kind of energy that sends the projectile on its way. In the dawn of history, war engines were performing the function of artillery (which may be loosely defined as a means of hurling missiles too heavy to be thrown by hand), and with these crude weapons the basic principles of artillery were laid down. The Scriptures record the use of ingenious machines on the walls of Jerusalem eight centuries that were probably predecessors of the catapult and ballista,. | Artillery Through the Ages by Albert Manucy 1 Artillery Through the Ages by Albert Manucy The Project Gutenberg EBook of Artillery Through the Ages by Albert Manucy This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon Emphasizing Types Used in America Author Albert Manucy Release Date January 30 2007 EBook 20483 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ARTILLERY THROUGH THE AGES Produced by Juliet Sutherland Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http ARTILLERY THROUGH THE AGES A Short Illustrated History of Cannon Emphasizing Types Used in America Artillery Through the Ages by Albert Manucy 2 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fred A. Seaton Secretary NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Conrad L. Wirth Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents U. S. Government Printing Office Washington 25 D. C. -- Price 35 cents Cover FRENCH 12-POUNDER FIELD GUN 1700-1750 ARTILLERY THROUGH THE AGES A Short Illustrated History of Cannon Emphasizing Types Used in America by ALBERT MANUCY Historian Southeastern National Monuments Drawings by Author Technical Review by Harold L. Peterson National Park Service Interpretive Series History No. 3 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON 1949 Reprint 1956 Many of the types of cannon described in this booklet may be seen in areas of the National Park System throughout the country. Some parks with especially fine collections are CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS NATIONAL MONUMENT seventeenth and eighteenth century field and garrison guns. CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK Civil War field and siege guns. COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK seventeenth and eighteenth century