Bombards

Examples

• Hand bombards and culverins were among the early types. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• These early cannon, bombards, and mortars were mounted on heavy solid wooden frames and moved with great difficulty from place to place. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• They were known under the varied names of bombards, serpentines, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Being shaped internally and externally like an apothecary's mortar, they were called mortars or bombards. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The bombards in the fifteenth century were made so large and heavy, especially in France, that they could not be moved without being taken apart. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Louis VI used bombards of great length and power against the Flemish in 1477, while as early as 1401 bronze cannon had been cast in several cities of West Prussia. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• When the heavy, unwieldy bombards with stone balls were used, artillery was mostly confined to castles, towns, forts, and ships. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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