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  2. History of cannons - Wikipedia

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    By the early 16th century, the Javanese were locally-producing large guns, some of them still survived until the present day and dubbed as "sacred cannons" or "holy cannons". These cannons varied between 180- and 260-pounders, weighing anywhere between 3 and 8 tons, length of them between 3 and 6 m (9.8 and 19.7 ft). [62]

  3. List of medieval and early modern gunpowder artillery

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    Name Image Notes Base: A long, narrow 15th–16th century cannon [1]: Bombard: First recorded use in 1326, made of brass. [2]Culverin: A long-range cannon, first mentioned in 1410 [3]

  4. Cannon - Wikipedia

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    [94]: 162 [95]: 23 By early 16th century, the Javanese already locally-producing large guns, some of them still survived until the present day and dubbed as "sacred cannon" or "holy cannon". These cannons varied between 180- and 260-pounders, weighing anywhere between 3 and 8 tons, length of them between 3 and 6 m (9.8 and 19.7 ft). [96]

  5. Gunpowder artillery in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    It was 16.4 cm long, weighed about 5 kg and had a caliber of 5.5 cm. [18] The first document that mentions the use of cannons in Italy (and also in Europe) comes from a register of the municipality of Florence dated 1326 and attests, in that year, the purchase by the municipality of iron bullets and cannons. [19]

  6. Artillery of France in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    Cannons evolved considerably towards the end of the century with the collapse of the Treaty of Brétigny and the resumption of the war in 1369. Until 1370, cannons were essentially small weapons of 10 to 20 kg (20 to 40 lbs), made of brass or copper. After that point, larger guns appeared, made of wrought iron or cast iron. [1]

  7. Cannon operation - Wikipedia

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    Larger cannon were used in greater numbers during the Fall of Constantinople: Sultan Mehmet II used 68 Hungarian-made cannons, the largest of which was 26 ft (7.9 m) long and weighed 20 t (20 long tons; 22 short tons); this fired a 1,200 lb (540 kg) cannonball, and required an operating crew of 200 men, [8] as well as 70 oxen and 10,000 men ...

  8. History of the Roman Canon - Wikipedia

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    The Roman Canon is the oldest eucharistic prayer used in the Mass of the Roman Rite, and dates its arrangement to at least the 7th century; its core, however, is much older. Through the centuries, the Roman Canon has undergone minor alterations and modifications, but retains the same essential form it took in the seventh century under Pope ...

  9. Naval artillery in the Age of Sail - Wikipedia

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    The Paixhans gun (French: Canon Paixhans) was the first naval gun using explosive shells. It was developed by French general Henri-Joseph Paixhans in 1822–1823 by combining the flat trajectory of a gun with an explosive shell that could rip apart and set on fire the bulkheads of enemy warships.