TY  - BOOK
AU  - CROSBY Alfred W
TI  - Throwing fire: projectile technology through history
SN  - 0521791588 (hbk.):
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge Univ Press
KW  - PROJECTILES
KW  - HISTORY
N2  - Presents the evolution of human efforts to throw a projectile hard and accurately. Follows progress from hand throwing of stones and spears, through bows and arrows, Greek fire, the development of gunpowder, to the V2 rockets of the second world war, ballistic missiles and the conquest of space
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