A History of Firearms: From Earliest Times to 1914Routledge, 2015/10/05 - 228 ページ 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. |
目次
Chapter 1 THE USE OF FIRE IN WAR | 1 |
Chapter 2 THE DEVELOPMENT OF CANNON | 15 |
Chapter 3 VARIATIONS OF CANNON | 55 |
Chapter 4 MACHINEGUNS | 74 |
Chapter 5 HANDGUNS MUSKETS AND RIFLES | 89 |
Chapter 6 CARBINES | 125 |
Chapter 7 PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS | 131 |
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