 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 474 Seiten
...much dearer, but much heavier machines than the balilla or catapulta, and require a greater expence, not only to prepare them for the field, but to carry...weeks the attack of that fuperior artillery. In modern war the great expence of fire-arms gives an evident advantage to the nation which can bell afford that... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 542 Seiten
...much dearer, but much heavier machines than the balifta or catapulta, and require a greater expence, not only to prepare them for the field, but to carry...difficult, and confequently much more expenfive, to fprtify a town fo as to refift, even for a few weeks, the. attack of that fuperior artillery. In modern... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 532 Seiten
...much dearer, but much heavier machines than the balifta or catapulta, and require a greater expence, not only to prepare them for the field, but to carry...very great ; it has become much more difficult, and coniequently much more expenfive, to fortify a town fo as to refill, even for a few weeks, the attack... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 852 Seiten
...much dearer, but much heavier machines than the balista or catapulta, and require a greater expense not only to prepare them for the field but to carry them to it. As the superiority of the modern artillery too over that of the ancients is very great, it has become much... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1839 - 448 Seiten
...much dearer, but much heavier machines than the balista or catapulta, and require a greater expense, not only to prepare them for the field, but to carry them to it. As the superiority of the modern artillery, too, over that of the ancients is very great, it has become much... | |
 | J. Walker - 1846 - 352 Seiten
...greater expense, not only to prepare them for the field,but to carry them to it. As the superiority of the modern artillery too, over that of the ancients,...very great, it has become much more difficult, and consequently, much more expensive, to fortify a town so as to resist, even for a few weeks, the attack... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1875 - 808 Seiten
...field, but to carry 560 INVENTION OF FIREARMS FAVOURABLE TO CIVILIZATION. them to it. As the superiority of the modern artillery, too, over that of the ancients...very great, it has become much more difficult, and consequently much more expensive, to fortify a town so as to resist, even for a few weeks, the attack... | |
 | Francis Wrigley Hirst - 1906 - 616 Seiten
...much dearer but much heavier machines than the balista or catapulta, and require a greater expense not only to prepare them for the field but to carry them to it." To this Adam Smith adds the much greater cost of the fortifications required to enable a town to resist... | |
 | Charles Lane Hanson - 1912 - 392 Seiten
...greater expense, not only to prepare them for the field, but to carry them to it. As the superiority of the modern artillery, too, over that of the ancients...very great, it has become much more difficult, and consequently much more expensive, to fortify a town so as to resist, even for a few weeks, the attack... | |
 | Francis Wrigley Hirst - 1915 - 350 Seiten
...much dearer, but much heavier machines than the balista or catapulta, and require a greater expense, not only to prepare them for the field, but to carry them to it. As the superiority of the modern artillery too, over that of the ancients is very great, it has become much... | |
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... not only to prepare them for the field, but to carry them to it. As the superiority of the modern artillery too over that of the ancients is very great, it has become much more difficult, and consequently much more expensive, to fortify a town so... 
