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Firearms : the life story of a technology / Roger Pauly

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Greenwood technographiesPublication details: Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2004Description: xxi, 180 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0313327963
  • 9780313327964
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 683.4/009 22
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
Item type: Book
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library 683.40009/PAU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844400141152

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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