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... Greek Emperors . A. D. 668-675- T1 Arabs HE Limits of the Arabian Conquests Firft Siege of Conftantinople by the 677 Peace and Tribute 716-718 . Second Siege of Conftantinople Failure and Retreat of the Saracens Invention and Use of the ...
... Greek Emperors . A. D. 668-675- T1 Arabs HE Limits of the Arabian Conquests Firft Siege of Conftantinople by the 677 Peace and Tribute 716-718 . Second Siege of Conftantinople Failure and Retreat of the Saracens Invention and Use of the ...
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... fire , that only five gallies entered the port of Alex- andria to relate the tale of their various and al- moft incredibe difafters " 5 . Invention and ufe of fire . 17 In the two fieges , the deliverance of Conftanti- the Greek nople ...
... fire , that only five gallies entered the port of Alex- andria to relate the tale of their various and al- moft incredibe difafters " 5 . Invention and ufe of fire . 17 In the two fieges , the deliverance of Conftanti- the Greek nople ...
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... Greek fire was the naptha or liquid bitumen , a light , tenacious , and inflammable oil 19 , which fprings from the earth , and catches fire as foon as it comes in contact with the air . The naptha was mingled , I know not by what ...
... Greek fire was the naptha or liquid bitumen , a light , tenacious , and inflammable oil 19 , which fprings from the earth , and catches fire as foon as it comes in contact with the air . The naptha was mingled , I know not by what ...
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... Greeks , the liquid , or the maritime , fire . For the annoyance of the enemy , it was employed with equal effect , by fea and land , in battles or in fieges . It was either poured from the rampart in large boilers , or launched in red ...
... Greeks , the liquid , or the maritime , fire . For the annoyance of the enemy , it was employed with equal effect , by fea and land , in battles or in fieges . It was either poured from the rampart in large boilers , or launched in red ...
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... Greek fire had been revealed by an angel to the first and greatest of the Conftantines , with a facred injunction , that this gift of heaven , this peculiar bleffing of the Ro- mans , fhould never be communicated to any foreign nation ...
... Greek fire had been revealed by an angel to the first and greatest of the Conftantines , with a facred injunction , that this gift of heaven , this peculiar bleffing of the Ro- mans , fhould never be communicated to any foreign nation ...
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