 | John Charnock - Naval architecture - 1801 - 956 pages
...tubes of copper, which were planted on the prow of a galley, and fancifully shaped into the mouths of savage monsters, that seemed to vomit a stream of liquid and consuming fire. This important art was preserved at Constantinople as the palladium of the state. The gallies and artillery... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1788 - 368 pages
...the compofition, of the Greek fire. It was at length either difcovered or ftolen by the Mahometans ; and, in the holy wars of Syria and Egypt, they retorted an invention, contrived againfl themfelves, on the heads of the Chriftians. A knight, who defpifed the fwords and lances of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 488 pages
...tubes of copper, which were planted on the prow of a galley, and fancifully shaped into the mouths of savage monsters, that seemed to vomit a stream of liquid and consuming fire. This important art was preserved at Constantinople, as the palladium of the state; the gillies and... | |
 | Science - 1822 - 536 pages
...and concludes with saying, that it was at'lehgth discovered or stolerr by-the Mahometans ; and that in the holy wars of Syria and Egypt, they retorted...against themselves, on the heads of the Christians. ,,ÍMy¡ Mïitr Culloch observes, respecting this statement, that " thé) communication between HeHopolis... | |
 | Agriculture - 1822 - 526 pages
...and concludes with saying, that it was at length discovered or stolen by the Mahometans ; and that in the holy wars of Syria and Egypt, they retorted...against themselves, on the heads of the Christians. Dr. Mac Culloch observes, respecting this statement, that "the communication between Heliopolis and... | |
 | 1823 - 508 pages
...concludes with saying, that it was at length either discovered or stolen by the Mahometans ; and that in the holy wars of Syria and Egypt they retorted...against themselves, on the heads of the Christians. I think it will appear presently, that Gibbon has not examined this subject with his usual acuteness,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 546 pages
...the composition, of the Greek fire. It was at length either discovered or stolen by the Mahometans; and in the holy wars of Syria and Egypt, they retorted...against themselves, on the heads of the Christians. A knight, who despised the swords and lances of the Saracens, relates with heartfelt sincerity his... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1831 - 522 pages
...the composition, of the Greek fire. It was at length either discovered or stolen by the Mahometans j and, in the holy wars of Syria and Egypt, they retorted an invention, contrived against (18) The naptha, the oleum inccndiariiini of the history of Jerusalem (Gest. Del per Francos, p. 1167,)... | |
 | 1838 - 518 pages
...long tubes of copper, which planted on the prow of a galley, and fancifully shaped into the mouths of savage monsters, that seemed to vomit a stream...length either discovered or stolen by the Mohammedans ; anil in the holy wars of Syria and Egypt they retorted an invention contrived against themselves... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1838 - 646 pages
...long tubes of copper, which planted on the prow of a galley, and fancifully shaped into the mouths of savage monsters, that seemed to vomit a stream...length either discovered or stolen by the Mohammedans; ami in the holy wars of Syria and Egypt they retorted an ¡mention contrived against themselves on... | |
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... with flax and tow, which had deeply imbibed the inflammable oil; sometimes it was deposited in fireships, the victims and instruments of a more ample revenge, and was most commonly blown through long tubes of copper which were planted on the prow... 
