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DescriptionMing Dynasty field artillery cannon.jpg
English: An illustration of a bronze "thousand ball thunder cannon" from the——14th century Ming Dynasty book Huolongjing. The cannon is an early example of field artillery.
Date 14 century
date QS:P,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source Huolongjing, from Science and Civilisation in China p.319
Author Jiao Yu and Liu Ji

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