Meaning of pyrobolus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. cannon
   New-Latin, declension-2, masculine
2. bomb, shell
   New-Latin, declension-2, masculine
3. Equivalent to 'Cannon': A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or...

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“Quam rem dum visum erit, experiundo condiscetis, excusso à pyrobolo de ipso lapide igni: qui profectò tam acer est, vt aridis exceptus fomentis, populosam vrbem, ac vastissimam syluam leuiter incendere possit, & in cineres illico conuertere.”

“[…] inter tormentorum globos interludebant alii missiles ignes, bombæ nempe, ac pyroboli ex mortariis minoribus (haubitzen vocant, recens inventum) ejaculati, eo igne Conventus Monialium Annuntiatarum in Cedron, aliæque domus portæ tiegelensi vicinæ ardebant; […]”

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