Gunpowder and Firearms - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gunpowder and Firearms write by Iqtidar Alam Khan. This book was released on 2004. Gunpowder and Firearms available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This Book Is An Important Contribution To The History Of War Technology And Changing Perspectives On State Formation In Pre-Modern India. It Will Interest The Historian Of Medieval India And Scholars And Students Interested Is Issues Of State Formation And Military History.
The History and Chronology of Gunpowder and Gunpowder Weapons (c.1000 to 1850)
The History and Chronology of Gunpowder and Gunpowder Weapons (c.1000 to 1850) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The History and Chronology of Gunpowder and Gunpowder Weapons (c.1000 to 1850) write by Henry Pratap Phillips. This book was released on 2016-04-08. The History and Chronology of Gunpowder and Gunpowder Weapons (c.1000 to 1850) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Gunpowder has been considered as one of the most important discoveries made by man after the wheel. Interestingly, the origin of gunpowder is still shrouded in uncertainty. Nobody can definitely say who actually invented gunpowder and when. Common belief has it that gunpowder was invented in China and then came to India via the Silk Route. Studies done by the author show that gunpowder was actually invented in India went to China via the trade routes, from where it was showcased to World. With gunpowder, came the development of weapons, which changed the course of wars and changed the very course of history. An analysis of various weapons, their development and chronology has been systematically discussed. It covers the time period from 1000 AD to 1850 AD. The end period, 1850 AD, has been chosen as the cutoff date since percussion weapons came into vogue after that period and are well-documented in history. The start date, 1000 AD, is chosen on purpose to give a small margin to encompass any aberrations in discovery of gunpowder. The author sincerely hoped that this work would form a platform from which other studies/ research could be conducted by future arms historians.
Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Kingdom
Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Kingdom - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Kingdom write by David Ayalon. This book was released on 2013-04-03. Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Kingdom available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study of firearms analyzes the employment of such weaponry, dated more than 40 years after use in Europe, towards the close of the 1360s.
On the Weapons, Army Organisation, and Political Maxims of the Ancient Hindus
On the Weapons, Army Organisation, and Political Maxims of the Ancient Hindus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On the Weapons, Army Organisation, and Political Maxims of the Ancient Hindus write by Gustav Salomon Oppert. This book was released on 1880. On the Weapons, Army Organisation, and Political Maxims of the Ancient Hindus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On the weapons and war implements of the ancient Hindus -- On the authenticty of the Śukranīti -- On the use of gunpowder and firearms in general -- Inside the home of gunpowder and firearms -- On the Army organization and political organization of the ancient Hindus -- Appendix: Identification of the Manipura of the Mahabarata with Manipura or Manaluru or Madura in South India.
Gunpowder
Gunpowder - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gunpowder write by Jack Kelly. This book was released on 2009-04-27. Gunpowder available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When Chinese alchemists fashioned the first manmade explosion sometime during the tenth century, no one could have foreseen its full revolutionary potential. Invented to frighten evil spirits rather than fuel guns or bombs-neither of which had been thought of yet-their simple mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal went on to make the modern world possible. As word of its explosive properties spread from Asia to Europe, from pyrotechnics to battleships, it paved the way for Western exploration, hastened the end of feudalism and the rise of the nation state, and greased the wheels of the Industrial Revolution. With dramatic immediacy, novelist and journalist Jack Kelly conveys both the distant time in which the "devil's distillate" rose to conquer the world, and brings to rousing life the eclectic cast of characters who played a role in its epic story, including Michelangelo, Edward III, Vasco da Gama, Cortez, Guy Fawkes, Alfred Nobel, and E.I. DuPont. A must-read for history fans and military buffs alike, Gunpowder brings together a rich terrain of cultures and technological innovations with authoritative research and swashbuckling style.
