Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: dkrause@ORION.CF.UCI.EDU (Doug Krause) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: History of Grenades Message-ID: <8031@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 7 Jul 89 04:38:19 GMT References: <7950@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: University of California, Irvine Lines: 19 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Doug Krause In article <7950@cbnews.ATT.COM> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: >From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) > >>... confusion in the terms "grenade", "bomb", and "shell." >>Consider,too, the Star Spangled Banner: "the bombs bursting in air." > >Which, of course, were in fact rockets! The song actually goes "the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air". So both are mentioned. Just more confusion for us all! :-) Douglas Krause CA Prop i: Ban Gummie Bears(tm)! -------------------------------------------------------------------- University of California, Irvine ARPANET: dkrause@orion.cf.uci.edu Welcome to Irvine, Yuppieland USA BITNET: DJKrause@ucivmsa