Cannon, invention of, ascribed to the Germans, 54 Cap, percussion, invention of (1818), 245 Carcasses, invention of (1672), 224 Carriages, gun-, field-, introduction of (1461-83), 114 Cartridge-cases, Artillery, flannel (1770-80), 230 Cartridges, Infantry, early composite (1590), 179 Case, early use of, 208 —— Zimmermann’s, 212-13 Casiri’s translations, 99 Caxton on price of naphtha (1480), 187 Chalcocondyles on early cannon, 54 Charcoal, hazel and willow wood for, 62, 137, 149 Charleston, siege of, 1863, incendiaries at, 49 Chen-tien-lui, Chinese projectile, 130, 138 China, early communication of, with the west, 136 Chinese historical works, 124, 126 —— snow, 17 Chronoscope, Wheatstone’s electro-magnetic (1840), 194 Combustion, progressive, 3 Compass, Mariner’s, 112 Comte, A., on the invention of powder, 111 Concussion fuze, invention of English (1850), 245 Conde’s metaphor, _trueno con fuego_, 101 Congreve, on his rockets, 175 Constantine VII., on sea-fire, 34, 46 Copredy Bridge, action at (1644), 208 Corning (graining) powder, first mention of (1429), 182 Cracker of Marcus Græcus, 87 —— of Friar Bacon, 87, 159 Creed, Apostles’, used to measure time, 239 Cressy, English guns at, 7 Crusades, no explosive used during the, 97 Crusoe’s (Robinson) wildfire, 52 Cunningham, General, on decay of Indian temples, 111 Cuprum (copper), origin of word, 80 Dahir, King of Alor (712), 91 Darts for cannon, 199 Delium, siege of (424 B.C.), 31 Dickson, General Sir A., on port-fires, 230 Discoveries, accidental, 162 Douglas, Captain Sir C., R.N., inventions of, 230 Drake, Sir Francis, demands arrows for muskets (1588), 200 Dunnett, Sergeant D., rockets at Waterloo under, 176 Dunois’ capture of Pont Audemer (1449), 173 Dutens on Marcus Græcus, 84 Encyclopædias, Chinese, 124 Espingarda, meaning of, 117 Europeans in China in early times, 135 —— in India in early times, 114, 121 Existence, the struggle for, 108 Explosion, meaning of, 3 Famagusta, Greek fire at (1571), 51 Feringiha, meaning of, 121 Firdusi, mention of incendiaries by, 96 Fire-arrows, defects of, 30 —— early use of, by Greeks (429 B.C.), 29 —— early use of, in Greece (480 B.C.), 55 Fire-ships, early use of (413 B.C.), 31 Firework, an Arabic and English, 247 —— soft or slow, as time-fuze, 233 Flexible instruments, Byzantine, meaning of, 48 Flint and steel as percussion fuze (1596), 244 Forsyth, Rev. A., applies fulminates to priming (1807), 245 Fother, an ancient English weight, 203 Fouling of serpentine powder, 179 Franks, Portuguese guns called, by Chinese (1520), 139 Freeburn, Quartermaster, R.A., invents concussion fuze (1846), 245 Friction tube invented by Mr. Tozer (1851), 231 Fulminates, first use of, in priming (1807), 245 Furtenbach’s instrument for testing powder (1627), 193