Author: PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS
Title: Abridgments of Specifications Relating to Fire-Arms and Other Weapons, Ammunition, and Accoutrements
Description: London, The Great Seal Patent Office. 1859, First Editions. Four parts bound into two hardbacked volumes, each 125mm x 180mm tall (5" x 7.5" approx.). First volume: Pp xii, 323 and xix, 588 + 1p Errata and an additional, tipped-in, Errata slip. Second Volume: Pp iv, 656 and xii, 435. Withdrawn and sold from the holdings of Wakefield Metropolitan District Libraries with minimal stamping. Some rubs to board edges and corners and with some tanning of the scond volume's leaves, otherwise sound, uniformly bound in stout red library buckram, with titles and ruled bands in gilt to the spines. Volume One covers the periods up to 1858 and 1859 to 1866 inclusive, whilst Volume Two covers 1867 to 1876 and 1877 to 1883 inclusive.

Keywords: Invention Ordnance Guns Ammunition Military History Shells Shell Cartridges Mortar Projectile Shot Gas Shell Howitzer Primers Pyrotechnics Gunpowder Hand Rifle Grenades Cordite Small Arms Technology Antiques and Collectibles


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