Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 19
... iron into currency bars or swords or whatever utensil was required . This was a complicated procedure , but once it had been mastered , iron offered far greater possibilities . For a start , there are wide- spread deposits in Britain of ...
... iron into currency bars or swords or whatever utensil was required . This was a complicated procedure , but once it had been mastered , iron offered far greater possibilities . For a start , there are wide- spread deposits in Britain of ...
Page 25
... Iron Age artisans . It may not simply have been fear of foreign invasion or rival brigandage . Always in the ... Iron Age , of the medieval period , or of any other era in any other society , were any less susceptible to similar mental ...
... Iron Age artisans . It may not simply have been fear of foreign invasion or rival brigandage . Always in the ... Iron Age , of the medieval period , or of any other era in any other society , were any less susceptible to similar mental ...
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... iron plate at about a thousand metres ' range . The forts them- selves were protected from horizontal fire by three layers of iron armour plate , varying in thickness from 4.6 cm to 6.4 cm , separated by two layers of iron concrete ( a ...
... iron plate at about a thousand metres ' range . The forts them- selves were protected from horizontal fire by three layers of iron armour plate , varying in thickness from 4.6 cm to 6.4 cm , separated by two layers of iron concrete ( a ...
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