. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . nder his rule. Mohammed II., in beginning the conquest ofConstantinople, erected the castle of Roumelia. thewalls of which were thirty feet in thickness and negotiations; he was the first man to prove the effi-ciency of cannon against the fortified city. It mightbe of interest to note that the guns used in this attackthrew stones weighing twelve hundred pounds. What a marked contrast between the besiegedand the besieger. Mohammed in making his speechbefore the final assault swore by God, by the f
. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . nder his rule. Mohammed II., in beginning the conquest ofConstantinople, erected the castle of Roumelia. thewalls of which were thirty feet in thickness and negotiations; he was the first man to prove the effi-ciency of cannon against the fortified city. It mightbe of interest to note that the guns used in this attackthrew stones weighing twelve hundred pounds. What a marked contrast between the besiegedand the besieger. Mohammed in making his speechbefore the final assault swore by God, by the fourthousand prophets, by Mohammed, by the soul ofhis father and by his children, that the soldiersshould have the city for three days in which topillage, destroy and kill. On the other hand. Em-peror Constantine and the people marched in solemnprocession to S. Sophia and here the emperor badehis people fight as became the descendants of theheroes of Greece and Rome. This was the lastChristian service in the historic church called HagioSophia. As a result of this siege the wealth of the richest. nKTAir,. MOsniK OF THE M.\r,xn-u-EN r. 100 CONSTRUCTION prtj^fp-^^
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