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- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- NAUTICAL
- WAR AND HUNTING
- CHAPTER I THE PITFALL, THE CLUB, THE SWORD, THE SPEAR AND DAGGER
- CHAPTER II POISON, ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE.—PRINCIPLE OF THE BARB
- CHAPTER III PROJECTILE WEAPONS AND THE SHEATH
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI THE HOOK.—DEFENSIVE ARMOUR.—THE FORT
- CHAPTER VII SCALING INSTRUMENTS.—DEFENCE OF FORT.—IMITATION.—THE FALL-TRAP
- CHAPTER VIII CONCEALMENT.—DISGUISE.—THE TRENCH.—POWER OF GRAVITY.—MISCELLANEA
- ARCHITECTURE
- TOOLS
- OPTICS
- USEFUL ARTS
- ACOUSTICS
- INDEX
CHAPTER I - THE PITFALL, THE CLUB, THE SWORD, THE SPEAR AND DAGGER
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- NAUTICAL
- WAR AND HUNTING
- CHAPTER I THE PITFALL, THE CLUB, THE SWORD, THE SPEAR AND DAGGER
- CHAPTER II POISON, ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE.—PRINCIPLE OF THE BARB
- CHAPTER III PROJECTILE WEAPONS AND THE SHEATH
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI THE HOOK.—DEFENSIVE ARMOUR.—THE FORT
- CHAPTER VII SCALING INSTRUMENTS.—DEFENCE OF FORT.—IMITATION.—THE FALL-TRAP
- CHAPTER VIII CONCEALMENT.—DISGUISE.—THE TRENCH.—POWER OF GRAVITY.—MISCELLANEA
- ARCHITECTURE
- TOOLS
- OPTICS
- USEFUL ARTS
- ACOUSTICS
- INDEX
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- Nature's TeachingsHuman Invention Anticipated by Nature, pp. 50 - 61Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1877