curprev07:2207:22, 5 June 2024 79.136.5.10talk 127,051 bytes+17 I quote the sentence from the first cited source:''They make here many spingarde, [one-pounders ?] muskets, and fire-works, and in every place are considered excellent in casting artillery, and in the knowledge of discharging it.'' Clearly starting the sentences in the text with the words 'Every place was considered' is not grammatically correct and does not give the reader any information about who or what the sentence is referring to.undo
curprev22:2722:27, 12 October 2023 OnceAndFutureFlopsytalkcontribs 126,521 bytes−91 →top: Altered a couple of word choices. Rm misleading statement that artillery has been used "at least" since the Industrial Revolution. As described by this article itself, the history of artillery goes back centuries earlier.undo