The Gun Founders Of England

Author : Charles Ffoulkes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521170648
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gun-Founders of England written by Charles Ffoulkes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-24 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1937 book provides an authentic sketch of the history of English gun production, from their first use in the fourteenth century down to the time of Marlborough's campaigns in the early eighteenth century. This will be of value to anyone interested in English history and the development of guns.

Author : Charles John Ffoulkes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780873870313
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gun-founders of England written by Charles John Ffoulkes and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : C. J. Ffoulkes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The Gun-founders of England written by C. J. Ffoulkes and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lois G. Schwoerer
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813938600
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gun Culture in Early Modern England written by Lois G. Schwoerer and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2016-05-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guns had an enormous impact on the social, economic, cultural, and political lives of civilian men, women, and children of all social strata in early modern England. In this study, Lois Schwoerer identifies and analyzes England’s domestic gun culture from 1500 to 1740, uncovering how guns became available, what effects they had on society, and how different sectors of the population contributed to gun culture. The rise of guns made for recreational use followed the development of a robust gun industry intended by King Henry VIII to produce artillery and handguns for war. Located first in London, the gun industry brought the city new sounds, smells, street names, shops, sights, and communities of gun workers, many of whom were immigrants. Elite men used guns for hunting, target shooting, and protection. They collected beautifully decorated guns, gave them as gifts, and included them in portraits and coats-of-arms, regarding firearms as a mark of status, power, and sophistication. With statutes and proclamations, the government legally denied firearms to subjects with an annual income under £100—about 98 percent of the population—whose reactions ranged from grudging acceptance to willful disobedience. Schwoerer shows how this domestic gun culture influenced England’s Bill of Rights in 1689, a document often cited to support the claim that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution conveys the right to have arms as an Anglo-American legacy. Schwoerer shows that the Bill of Rights did not grant a universal right to have arms, but rather a right restricted by religion, law, and economic standing, terms that reflected the nation's gun culture. Examining everything from gunmakers’ records to wills, and from period portraits to toy guns, Gun Culture in Early Modern England offers new data and fresh insights on the place of the gun in English society.

Author : W. Y. Carman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317411161
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Firearms written by W. Y. Carman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amply illustrated with pen & ink drawings, and including a glossary of key terms, this volume, originally published in 1955, traces the history of firearms and the pioneers who made that history, step by step, to the fringe of a complex modern science.

Author : Geoffrey Callender
Publisher : London Christophers [1924]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Naval Side of British History written by Geoffrey Callender and published by London Christophers [1924]. This book was released on 1924 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul J. Hazell
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030736520
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Gun written by Paul J. Hazell and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging and accessible book explains the scientific principles behind guns, both ancient and modern. It connects their evolution to advances in science, as well as tracing the developments of projectiles and propellants. It is not limited to small arms but also looks at the science of enormous guns such the Paris Gun, for example, and reviews the efforts to build a gun to launch projectiles into space. Extremely fast guns are also covered, such as two-stage guns and rail guns. Further, the book provides insight into the science of terminal ballistics and wound ballistics as well as the challenging subject of gun control. It is full of interesting facts for all who are curious about the science and history of guns, as well as those for whom the gun is an accessory of their profession.

Author : Ordnance Bureau (Navy Department)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Machine Gun, History, Evolution, and Development of Manual, Automatic, and Airborne Repeating Weapons written by Ordnance Bureau (Navy Department) and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George M. Chinn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Machine Gun: History, evolution and development of manually operated, full automatic, and power driven aircraft machine guns written by George M. Chinn and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The series of books entitled "The machine gun" was begun with the belief that the next best thing to actual knowledge is knowing where to find it. The research summarized within the covers of these volumes has been compiled by the Bureau of Ordinance, Department of the Navy, in order to place in the hands of those rightfully interested in the art of automatic weapon design, the world's recorded progress in this field of endeavor."--Vol. II, p. v.

Author : Adolphus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1278 pages
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Download or read book The History of England from the Accession to the Decease of King George III written by Adolphus and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 1278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: