The Practical Guide to Man-Powered Weapons and Ammunition: Experiments With Catapults, Musketballs, Stonebows, Blowpipes, Big Airguns and Bullet Bows

Middleton, Richard

ISBN 10: 1602391475 / ISBN 13: 9781602391475

Published by Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, 2007

About this Item

224 pages. 10.00x7.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 1602391475

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Practical Guide to Man-Powered Weapons and Ammunition: Experiments With Catapults, Musketballs, Stonebows, Blowpipes, Big Airguns and Bullet Bows
• Publisher: Skyhorse Pub Co Inc
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1602391475
• ISBN 13: 9781602391475
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.51 kilograms

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Synopsis

David slew Goliath with his slingshot: for millennia that was the norm, as men used a variety of non-explosive weapons to fire small stones and carefully rounded bullets of clay, glass, and even steel and lead. This unusual study explores in practical detail the many ways, old and new, in which man shot projectiles without recourse to gunpowder. They include the bow and arrow, a favorite for the last 10,000 years; pump-up air guns; blowpipes; catapults; and homemade lead musketballs. There's information on ammunition and velocity, as well as a lively personal narrative filled with humor and the spirit of experimentation.

About the Author

Richard Middleton is Reader in American History at The Queen's University, Belfast. He is the author of The Bells of Victory: The Pitt-Newcastle Ministry and the Conduct of the Seven Years' War: 1757–1762 (1985).