A history of firearms
Subtitle: from earliest times to 1914
By: W.Y. Carman
Series: Routledge library editions. Military and naval history -- v. 7
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781315685106
Subjects: Firearms; Ordnance; Armes à feu; Small arms
Notes: Originally published in 1955.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-199) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The use of fire in war; title: 2. The development of cannon; title: 3. Variations of cannon; title: 4. Machine-guns; title: 5. Handguns, muskets and rifles; title: 6. Carbines; title: 7. Pistols and revolvers; title: 8. Experiments; title: 9. Ammunition; title: 10. Grenades and fireships; title: 11. Rockets.