Author:
WILKINSON Henry
Title:
Engines Of War Or Historical And Experimental Observations On Ancient And Modern Warlike Machines And Implements Including The Manufacture Of Guns, Gunpowder, And Swords With Remarks On Bronze, Iron Steel etc
Price:
£200.00
Year:
1841
Edition:
1st Edn,
Publisher:
Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman
Summary:
VIII 268 pages, 32 pages advs, light dust soiling to contents, small ink drawing of crest to blank opposite title initials CH. Armorial bookplate for Sir J J Hamilton to front paste down, presentation inscription on FEP from the publishers, recased in the original black cloth, vg-. Wilkinson an eminent London gun and swordsmith, Greener in his 1841 Science Of Gunnery exposes an error in Wilkinson's Observation On The Composition Of Gunpowder. Wilkinson accuses Greener that his "Science Of Gunnery" was plagiarism on his work, which Greener then denies stating that "he had nothing to lend and nothing worth borrowing" Riling 517, Scarce
Ref:
11673
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