The Gun-Founders of England
With a List of English and Continental Gun-Founders from the XIV to the XIX Centuries

This 1937 book provides an authentic sketch of the history of English gun production.

Charles Ffoulkes (Author), Lord Cottesloe (Preface by)

9780521170642, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 24 November 2011

168 pages
23.4 x 15.6 x 0.9 cm, 0.25 kg

Originally published in 1937, this book provides an authentic sketch of the history of English gun production, from their first use in the fourteenth century down to the time of Marlborough's campaigns during the early part of the eighteenth century. At the time of publication there had been relatively few historical analyses of gun foundering, the preference being to examine their use in battle. This book was useful in terms of giving readers a collection of facts relating to the subject and outlining a little-known branch of military history. It remains a fascinating document, containing numerous illustrations, that will be of value anyone with an interest in English history and the development of guns.

Preface Lord Cottesloe
Author's preface
Plates
Illustrations in text
1. Introduction
2. Manufacture
3. Guns of iron and brass
4. Gun-foundries in London and Calais
5. Foundries of Douai and Woolwich
6. Foundries of Sussex
7. The Carron Foundry
8. Powder and shot
9. Proof and range
10. Extracts from historical documents
11. List of gun-founders of England and the Continent
12. Bibliography
13. Index.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]