  PART II THE PROGRESS OF AMMUNITION GUNPOWDER AND BY THE SAME AUTHOR STRAY MILITARY PAPERS. With 2 Plates. 8vo, 7s. 6d GUNPOWDER AND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PART I | ||
| THE ORIGIN OF GUNPOWDER | ||
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | Introduction | 3 |
| II. | Saltpetre | 12 |
| III. | The Greeks | 29 |
| IV. | Marcus GrÆcus | 57 |
| V. | The Arabs | 90 |
| VI. | The Hindus | 105 |
| VII. | The Chinese | 124 |
| VIII. | Friar Bacon | 141 |
| PART II | ||
| THE PROGRESS OF AMMUNITION | ||
| IX. | Analytical Table of Ammunition | 165 |
| X. | Hand Ammunition:— | |
| Fire-Arrows and Fire-Pikes | 168 | |
| Hand Grenades | 169 | |
| XI. | War Rockets | 172 |
| XII. | Gunpowder | 177 |
| XIII. | viShock Projectiles:— | |
| Darts, &c. | 199 | |
| Round Shot | 200 | |
| Case | 207 | |
| Shrapnel | 208 | |
| XIV. | Igneous Projectiles:— | |
| Hot Shot | 217 | |
| Incendiary Fireballs | 217 | |
| Incendiary Shell | 220 | |
| Carcasses | 224 | |
| Explosive Fireballs | 224 | |
| Explosive Shell | 225 | |
| XV. | Igniters:— | |
| Hot Wires, Priming Powder, Matches, and Portfires | 228 | |
| Tubes | 230 | |
| Time Fuzes | 231 | |
| Percussion and Concussion Fuzes | 244 | |
| XVI. | Signals | 246 |
TABLES
| TABLE | PAGE | |
| I. | Methods of Refining Saltpetre | 27 |
| II. | Greek Fires | 32 |
| III. | Sea Fires | 41 |
| IV. | Analytical Table of Ammunition | 167 |
| V. | Price of English Powder at Various Times | 184 |
| VI. | viiConnection between Size of Grain, Muzzle Velocity, and Pressure | 195 |
| VII. | Composition of English Powder at Various Times | 197 |
| VIII. | Composition of Foreign Powder at Various Times | 198 |
| IX. | Price of Metals in 1375 and 1865 | 204 |
| X. | Comparative Cost of One Round fired with Shot of Different Materials, cir. 1375 | 205 |
| XI. | Comparative Pressure on Bore when firing Shot of Different Materials, cir. 1375 | 206 |
| XII. | Composition of Matches at Various Times | 229 |
| XIII. | Composition of Time Fuzes at Various Times | 243 |
| XIV. | Composition of Signal Rockets at Various Times | 246 |
| XV. | Fixed Lights | 246 |
| XVI. | Fireworks | 247 |
| Index | 249 | |
BOOKS OFTEN QUOTED
The following works are frequently quoted, and are only designated by the author’s name. Thus, “Elliot,” ii. 75, means Sir H. M. Elliot’s “Hist. of India, as told, &c. &c.,” vol. ii. p. 75.
Bacon, Roger, Opera quÆdam hactenus inedita, ed. by Professor Brewer; Rolls Series, 1859.
Berthelot, M. P. E., La Chimie au Moyen Age, Paris, 1893.
Brackenbury, Lieut.-General Sir H., G.C.B., “Ancient Cannon in Europe,” in vols. iv. and v. of Proceed. Roy. Artillery Institution, Woolwich, 1865-6.
Elliot, Sir H. M., “Hist. of India, as told by its own Historians,” ed. by Professor J. Dowson, M.R.A.S., London, 1867-77.
JÄhns, Oberst-Lieut. M., Handbuch einer Geschichte des Kriegswesens, Leipsig, 1880.
Napoleon III., Études sur le PassÉ et l’Avenir de l’Artillerie, Paris, 1846-71.
Nye, Master-Gunner N., “Art of Gunnery,” to which is added a “Treatise on Artificial Fireworks” (separately paginated), London, 1647.
Reinaud (Professor) et FavÉ (Capitaine), Du Feu GrÉgeois, &c., Paris, 1845.
Romocki, S. J. von, Geschichte der Explosivstoffe, Hanover, 1895.
Whitehorne, P., “Certain Waies for the ordering of Souldiers in Battelray,” London, 1560.
