Scloppetaria: Or Considerations On The Nature And Use Of Rifled Barrel Guns, With Reference To Their Forming The Basis Of a Permanent System Of National Defence, Agreeable To The Genius Of The Country. By A Corporal Of Riflemen.
Published by London: Printed by C.Roworth For T.Egerton, 1808.
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, CanadaD & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB)
AbeBooks seller since August 20, 1998
Condition: Used
US$ 500.00
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8vo. pp. xxiv, 251, [5]index, [1]plate list, [1 leaf]errata. 13 engraved plates (9 listed; the last mounted). lacking the frontis. of a rifleman. contemporary half calf, gilt back (heavily rubbed, edges worn). First Edition of "the first book in English on target rifle shooting." (Encyc. Britannica) Including chapters on projectiles in general, objects of the rifle in particular, the theory of spiral motion, qualities of the rifle, the history of the rifle, construction and perfections of the rifle (barrel, patent plug or breech, touch hole, lock, sights, ramrod), appendages (gun powder, balls, patch and stopple, target), mode of using the rifle (loading, taking aim, cleaning), emulative distinctions, precautions before a match, and dress.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Scloppetaria: Or Considerations On The Nature And Use Of Rifled Barrel Guns, With Reference To Their Forming The Basis Of a Permanent System Of National Defence, Agreeable To The Genius Of The Country. By A Corporal Of Riflemen.
- Author
- [BEAUFOY, Henry].
- Publisher
- London: Printed by C.Roworth For T.Egerton, 1808.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB)
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