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of the introduction of fire-arms as artillery appears involved in great obscurity. The artillery of the Moors is said to date back to 1118; from the few faint and imperfect allusions which occur here and there in old writers, it seems probable that their invention bore some analogy to rockets, or the projectile was self-propelling. The following are some of the dates ascribed to the introduction of some military engines and artillery:—. Catapult invented by Dionysius of Syracuse, B. C. 399 Gunpowder artillery used in China.A. D. 85 Cannon throwing stones, weighing 12 pounds, 300 paces.757 The Moors use artillery in attacking Saragossa.1118 The Moors use engines throwing stones and darts by means of fire.1157 The Chinese employ cannon throwing round-stone shot against the Mongols.1232 Cordova attacked by artillery.1280 A mortar for destroying buildings, etc. de-scribed by Al Mailla, an Arab historian.1291 Gibraltar taken by means of artillery.1308 A cannon in the arsena

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