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England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry mortar
Mortar, A short cannon with a large bore and short chamber for throwing bombs; said to have been used at Naples in 1435, and first made in England in 1543. On Oct. 19, 1857, a colossal mortar, constructed by Robert Mallet, was tried at Woolwich, England; with a charge of 70 pounds it threw a shell weighing 2.550 pounds 1 1/2 miles horizontally, and about 3/4 of a mile in height.
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Mortar, A short cannon with a large bore and short chamber for throwing bombs; said to have been used at Naples in 1435, and first made in England in 1543. On Oct. 19, 1857, a colossal mortar, constructed by Robert Mallet, was tried at Woolwich, England; with a charge of 70 pounds it threw a shell weighing 2.550 pounds 1 1/2 miles horizontally, and about 3/4 of a mile in height.
Robert Mallet (search for this): entry mortar
Mortar, A short cannon with a large bore and short chamber for throwing bombs; said to have been used at Naples in 1435, and first made in England in 1543. On Oct. 19, 1857, a colossal mortar, constructed by Robert Mallet, was tried at Woolwich, England; with a charge of 70 pounds it threw a shell weighing 2.550 pounds 1 1/2 miles horizontally, and about 3/4 of a mile in height.
October 19th, 1857 AD (search for this): entry mortar
Mortar, A short cannon with a large bore and short chamber for throwing bombs; said to have been used at Naples in 1435, and first made in England in 1543. On Oct. 19, 1857, a colossal mortar, constructed by Robert Mallet, was tried at Woolwich, England; with a charge of 70 pounds it threw a shell weighing 2.550 pounds 1 1/2 miles horizontally, and about 3/4 of a mile in height.
1435 AD (search for this): entry mortar
Mortar, A short cannon with a large bore and short chamber for throwing bombs; said to have been used at Naples in 1435, and first made in England in 1543. On Oct. 19, 1857, a colossal mortar, constructed by Robert Mallet, was tried at Woolwich, England; with a charge of 70 pounds it threw a shell weighing 2.550 pounds 1 1/2 miles horizontally, and about 3/4 of a mile in height.
1543 AD (search for this): entry mortar
Mortar, A short cannon with a large bore and short chamber for throwing bombs; said to have been used at Naples in 1435, and first made in England in 1543. On Oct. 19, 1857, a colossal mortar, constructed by Robert Mallet, was tried at Woolwich, England; with a charge of 70 pounds it threw a shell weighing 2.550 pounds 1 1/2 miles horizontally, and about 3/4 of a mile in height.