...battles or in sieges. It was either poured from the rampart in large boilers, or launched in red hot balls of stone and iron, or darted in arrows and javelins,...tow which had deeply imbibed the inflammable oil. Sometimes it was deposited in fire-ships, the victims and instruments of a more ample revenge ; and...

...battles or in sieges. It was either poured from the ramparts in large boilers, or launched in red hot balls of stone and iron, or darted in arrows and javelins, twisted round with flax which had deeply imbibed the inflammable oil : sometimes it was deposited in fireships, or most commonly...

...battles or in sieges. It was either poured from the ramparts in large boilers, or launched in red hot balls of stone and iron, or darted in arrows and javelins, twisted round with flax which had deeply imbibed the inflammable oil : sometimes it was deposited in fireships, or most commonly...

...To their huge wings, scattering combustion wide ! * The Greek fire, which was occasionally lent hy the Emperors to their allies. "It was," says GIBBON, "either launched in red-hol balls of stone and iron, or darted in arrows and javelins, twisted round with flax and tow,...

...sieges. For the annoyance of the enemy, it was either poured from the ramparts in large boilers, or launched in red-hot balls of stone and iron, or darted...tow which had deeply imbibed the inflammable oil. Sometimes, for a more sweeping destruction, it was deposited in fireships; and was most commonly blown...

...fire, to which Constantinople twice owed deliverance from the Saracens, was oilier launched in red hot balls of stone and iron, or darted in arrows and javelins, twisted round with flax nnd tow which had deeply imbibed the inflammable oil ...... Naphtha. sulphur, and 1'itfli were the...

...battles or in sieges. It was either poured from the ramparts in large boilers, or launched in red hot balls of stone and iron, or darted in arrows and javelins, twisted round with flax which had deeply imbibed the inflammable oil : sometimes it was deposited in fireships, or most commonly...

...and borrowed from them by the Saracens. It was either poured from the rampart in large boilers, or launched in red-hot balls of stone and iron, or darted in arrows or javelins, twisted round with flax and tow."— Gibbon's Decline and Fall, vol. 10 ; where is a very...

...they go, Like those wild birdst that by the Magians oft, At festivals of fire, were sent aloft perors to their allies. “ It was,” says Gibbon, “either...tow, which had deeply imbibed the inflammable oil.” • See Haaway's Account of the Springs of Naphtha at Baku (which is called by Lieutenant Poainger...

...battles or in sieges. It was either poured from the ramparts, in large boilers, or launched in red hot balls of stone and iron, or darted in arrows and javelins , twisted round with flax which had deeply imbibed the inflammable oil. Sometimes it was deposited in fire-ships, or most commonly...