Download or read book The Gun Makers of Birmingham 1660 1960 written by Joseph McKenna and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-03-05 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the history and development of gun-making in Birmingham, England--for many years a center of the world's firearms industry--this book covers innovations in design and manufacture of both military and sporting arms from 1660 through 1960. The city is perhaps best known for mass-producing some of the most battle-tested weapons in history, including the Brown Bess musket, the Webley revolver and the Lee-Enfield rifle. Yet Birmingham's gun-makers have carried on a centuries-long tradition of crafting high quality hand-made sporting guns.
Download or read book Birmingham Gunmakers written by Douglas Tate and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with fine examples of craftsmanship.
Download or read book Birmingham Gunmakers written by Douglas Tate and published by . This book was released on 1997-06 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book English Gunmakers written by De Witt Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Birmingham Gunmakers written by Douglas Tate and published by . This book was released on 1997-10-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Gunmakers Historical data on the Birmingham Scottish and Regional gun trade in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries written by Nigel Brown and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important aspects of the British Gunmakers series of books has been the compilation of the past and existing records of the many gunmaking firms and the setting down of the historical facts known about them before they get lost in the mists of time. No such collection, just like a cartridge collection, can ever be complete but this volume in conjunction with the first two is undoubtedly the best printed source of such historical record information available anywhere in the world. --
Download or read book English Guns and Gun Makers written by H. J. Blanch and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is essentially a reprint of Blanch's A century of guns; a listing of British gunsmiths has been added.
Download or read book The Case of the Gun makers London written by and published by . This book was released on 1706* with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Birmingham Gun Trade written by David Williams and published by Revealing History (Paperback). This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating volume explores the relationships between the technology and history of gunmaking. Covering the period from 1720 to 1950, it sees the mechanical engineering technology of the "lock, stock and barrel" firearm change significantly. David Williams, an engineer and academic, has studied the battle between the manual processes of assembly and the clumsy but tireless machine, and here examines this complex relationship in gunmaking, paying particular attention to military firearms manufacture and the growth and decline of the Birmingham military and sporting gun trade.
Download or read book The Art of the Gunmaker Europe and America 1660 1830 written by John Forrest Hayward and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Case of the Company of Gun makers of the City of London written by Company of Gun-Makers (London, England) and published by . This book was released on 1707 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Gunmakers written by Nigel Brown and published by Quiller. This book was released on 2009-10-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Final installment of the series Best source for history of British gunmakers New records of gunmaking firms from throughout the south of England and Scotland The final volume of the British Gunmakers series compiles the records of old and new gunmakers and expands the factual information highlighted in the first two volumes. It is illustrated throughout and offers new research on records of an additional 190 Scottish and English gunmaking firms, particularly from Birmingham and London.
Download or read book The Case of the Company of Gun makers of the City of London written by Worshipful Company of Gunmakers of the City of London and published by . This book was released on 1707 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great British Gunmakers 1740 1790 written by William Keith Neal and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Gunmakers Historical data on the London gun trade in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries written by Nigel Brown and published by Quiller Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2004 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important aspects of the British Gunmakers series of books has been the compilation of the past and existing records of the many gunmaking firms and the setting down of the historical facts known about them before they get lost in the mists of time. No such collection, just like a cartridge collection, can ever be complete but this volume in conjunction with the first two is undoubtedly the best printed source of such historical record information available anywhere in the world. --
Download or read book The Art of the Gunmaker V1 written by John Forrest Hayward and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Two Volumes. Volume 1, 1500-1660; Volume 2, Europe And America, 1660-1830.
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