Firearms : the life story of a technology / Roger Pauly
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TextSeries: Greenwood technographiesPublication details: Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2004Description: xxi, 180 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN: 0313327963; 9780313327964Subject(s): Firearms -- HistoryDDC classification: 683.4/009 LOC classification: UD380 | .P38 2004
Contents:
Ancestors: Ancient origins of firearms technology -- Childhood: Rise and development of matchlock firearms -- Between a rock and a hard place: Rise of the flintlock -- Rifling: New twist on an old idea -- Old metal heads: Self-contained metallic cartridge -- Technological takeoff: Supremacy of rapid fire -- Apogee and equilibrium: Automation -- Conclusion: Limits of lethality? -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-167) and index
Ancestors: Ancient origins of firearms technology -- Childhood: Rise and development of matchlock firearms -- Between a rock and a hard place: Rise of the flintlock -- Rifling: New twist on an old idea -- Old metal heads: Self-contained metallic cartridge -- Technological takeoff: Supremacy of rapid fire -- Apogee and equilibrium: Automation -- Conclusion: Limits of lethality? -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
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