Chinese weapons / E.T.C. Werner
Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
1989
Information About
E.T.C. Werner has done careful and extensive research on the Chinese handcrafted weapons of war, and here describes the origins of these weapons, how they were made, the myths surrounding them and the part they played in their owners' victory or defeat. The reader will be delighted with the numerous detailed drawings accompanying the text.
Additional Details
- Title
- Chinese weapons / E.T.C. Werner
- Creators
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- Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers), 1864-1954
- Subject
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- Weapons, Ancient--China
- Armor, Ancient--China
- Publisher
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- G. Brash, 1989
- National Library Board Singapore, 1989
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill.
- Table of Contents
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- Chinese weapons. Invention of weapons. Materials used -- Offensive weapons. Sticks, cudgels, clubs, maces. Battle-axes. Spears, lances, rapiers, daggers. Daggers. Swords. Two-edged sword -- Bows and arrows -- Bow-strings -- Bowcases -- Thumb-pieces -- Crossbows -- Arrows -- Arrow buckets -- Battering-rams and ballistiae -- Guns, blunderbusses, firearms -- Gunpowder -- Defensive armour -- Shields.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.