# British and Foreign Arms & Armour

Author: Ashdown, Charles Henry, 1856-1922

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48573

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=British+and+Foreign+Arms+%26+Armour+Ashdown&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The prehistoric man of the Stone Age had undoubtedly one of the most difficult materials to deal with that can possibly be conceived, inasmuch as it was intensely hard, very brittle, and, so far as flint is concerned, occurred naturally only in comparatively small masses. Yet with this crude matter, and with implements of the same material, he succeeded in producing implements for husbandry and domestic use, weapons of war and for the chase, which excite our warmest admiration, both for the beauty of their proportions and the exquisite skill required in their manufacture. To the worker in flint the number of objects capable of being produced in that exceedingly refractory medium was limit...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/british-and-foreign-arms-and-armour-48573/chapters/8/index.md)