JHUP, Date: 1998-11-27. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1998. JHUP ISBN 0801859549 9780801859540 [US]

Johns Hopkins University Press. paperback. New. 7x0x10. Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 0801859549 9780801859540 [US]

ISBN10: 0801859549, ISBN13: 9780801859540, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press] Softcover 424 Seiten Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition ( IJCT ) . - Sehr guter Zustand, very good copy. For nearly 600 years, from the battles of the early fourteenth century to the dropping of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima, firearms derived from gunpowder and other chemicals defined the frightful extent of war. The apparatus and materials used in World War I would have been familiar to our remote ancestors. In this classic work, first published in 1960, James Riddick Partington provides a worldwide survey of the evolution of incendiary devices, Greek fire, and gunpowder. Greek fire, a composition Partington believes was made of a distilled petroleum fraction and other ingredients (but not saltpetre), was most famously used in the sieges of Constantinople and the Crusades. Partington moves from its antecedents—other incendiaries used in ancient warfare—to European gunpowder recipe books (The Latin Book of Fire, Bellifortis, and Feuerwerkbuch) and the history of infernal machines, mines, canon, small arms, and artillery. His book includes chapters on gunpowder and weapons in Muslim lands, India, and China—including fire books, the use of gunpowder ...

Johns Hopkins, Date: 1999. 381pp. Softback, VG, covered in a clear thin plastic laminate, indices, b&w illustrations, History of Greek firearms and gunpowder, . Soft Cover. Very Good. 1999. Johns Hopkins ISBN 0801859549 9780801859540 [US]

Johns Hopkins University Press. Used - Very Good. 1998. Paperback. Pap. Slight shelf-wear.. Clean internals. Very Good. (Subject: Medieval & Renaissance). Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 0801859549 9780801859540 [US]