Ever heard of a cannononball .. ovoid?

M ELEY · 27th August 2010, 09:24 AM

Well...that shoots that theory down.

I assumed that some of the info I had read was correct that cannon balls were made in this way (included in the tour guide's speal about a local tower I have visited). If the issue is height, some of these structures were massively tall while others weren't. In any case, back to possible hot shot, I guess.

Here's what wikipedia had to say and a list of shot towers around the world, many of them dating to the 1780's-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_tower

27th August 2010, 09:24 AM	#23
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,201	Well...that shoots that theory down. I assumed that some of the info I had read was correct that cannon balls were made in this way (included in the tour guide's speal about a local tower I have visited). If the issue is height, some of these structures were massively tall while others weren't. In any case, back to possible hot shot, I guess. Here's what wikipedia had to say and a list of shot towers around the world, many of them dating to the 1780's- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_tower