| 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, andPortfires | [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, MuzzleVelocity, 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 Shotof Different Materials, cir. 1375 | [205] |
| XI. | Comparative Pressure on Bore when firing Shotof 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.