Itsshape: The first bows were simple curves of wood.Recurvebows, used today in Olympic archery events, curve away from the user at the end of each limb. These curves shorten thebracing height, the distance between the string and the bow at rest. This means that the string travels farther ...
When gunpowder was used to create personal handguns and rifles, a new type of soldier was created: infantry. Photo shows a Revolutionary War reenactment at Fort Ward Historic Site in Alexandria, Virginia. (Image credit: Igor Vorobyov, Dreamstime) Each Monday, this column turns a page in ...
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The Assassins used their martyr tactics to pursue political ends, spreading terror and awe through the crowds who bore witness to their attacks. The sect was eventually wiped out by the invading Mongol hordes in 1257, but its legacy would continue centuries later. The development of gunpowder mad...
In this way, the pump is constantly pushing out fluid, allowing a continuous stream of fuel (and therefore a constant blast of fire). Soon after this sort of weaponry came into use, it was eclipsed by another pyrotechnic technology: gunpowder. Over the next thousand years, gunpowder ...
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there might have been a kid in your neighborhood who learned how to make gunpowder. And that kid probably built bigger and bigger bombs until he either got bored or did some serious damage to himself. Creating a virus is a little like that -- it creates a virtual bomb inside a computer...
aThe most singificant developments in both ammunition and weapons followed the refinement of gunpowder in the thirteeth century ,which enabled it to be used in time as a porpellant explosive to propel missiles and other projectiles over long distances.[translate] ...
Imagine you place a cannon atop a mountain and fire it horizontally. The cannonball will travel parallel to Earth's surface for a little while but will eventually succumb to gravity and fall to the ground. Now imagine you keep adding gunpowder to the cannon. With the extra explosives, the ...
The firecracker is a unique product in China. In ancient China,the sound of burning bamboo tubes was used to scare away wild animals and evil spirits. With the invention of the gunpowder,"firecracker”is also called "鞭炮biānpào” (“炮”in Chinese means gun)and used to foster a joyful ...