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Firearms : the life story of a technology
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Firearms : the life story of a technology

Author: Roger Pauly
Publisher: Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2004.
Series: Greenwood technographies
Edition/Format: Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Roger Pauly
ISBN: 0313327963 9780313327964
OCLC Number: 55534985
Description: xxi, 180 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
Series Title: Greenwood technographies
Responsibility: Roger Pauly.

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