Search results for "Gun" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Bakelite is a material based on a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin developed in 1907–1909, by the Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland ...6 KB (839 words) - 05:49, 26 August 2023
- * HMS Hermione was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the British Royal ... In times and cultures where power "comes from the barrel of a ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- of the United States. A salute of one gun for each state in the United ... for the Continental Congress, toasts, 13-gun salutes, speeches, prayers ...20 KB (2,843 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- Taekwondo Federation's Joong-Gun formation, named after him. The Joong-Gun form is constructed to remind practitioners how to persevere ...14 KB (2,121 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- off and on, until early 1905 when her gun turrets were completed. ... guns mounted in twin gun turrets fore and aft of the superstructure ...35 KB (5,047 words) - 18:20, 22 December 2022
- members testified that she never fired a gun, although she was Barrow& ... prove her loyalty to him by sneaking in a gun which he used to break out ...42 KB (6,735 words) - 07:23, 17 November 2023
- During the brief and violent reign of Yeonsan-gun, 1494-1506, kisaeng ... #seoul2 This practice was at its height under the reign of Yeonsan ...29 KB (4,238 words) - 07:06, 7 June 2024
- for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest, taking 32 machine guns ... France along with 250 German machine gun casings, and other artifacts ...23 KB (3,581 words) - 02:36, 24 July 2023
- to link any fatal bullet with Sacco's gun, changed his mind after the ... Equal doubt surrounded Vanzetti's gun. The prosecution claimed ...47 KB (7,315 words) - 18:33, 22 December 2022
- and heat transfer. The soldering iron or gun must be clean and pre-tinned ... prevent heat damage. Apply soldering iron or gun to both terminal lead and ...27 KB (4,119 words) - 00:47, 4 February 2023
- used, precisely because of the danger posed by the gun. In the early years of pistol and muskets, firearms were relatively low in velocity. The ...14 KB (2,227 words) - 03:50, 15 August 2023
- eighteenth century, Le Blanc proposed making gun parts from standardized patterns ... Repeating Arms, another notable New Haven gun company, in 1888. He served ...15 KB (2,202 words) - 16:11, 13 February 2024
- has fight left after being subdued, a second gun can be used to provide a kill ... ; Speargun : A speargun is a gun designed to fire a spear, usually ...23 KB (3,586 words) - 15:19, 27 April 2023
- A tank is an armored, tracked vehicle designed to engage enemies in warfare head-on, using direct fire from a large-caliber gun. Heavy armor ...57 KB (9,115 words) - 04:01, 27 February 2023
- battle the Russians lost four 110- or 120-gun 3-decker ships of the line ... Despite the shelling, the sailors of the 120-gun ship Russia, led by Captain ...22 KB (3,405 words) - 06:24, 11 January 2024
- citing the organization’s hesitation to protect gun rights. The ACLU declares itself officially neutral on the issue of gun control, pointing to previous ...25 KB (3,875 words) - 02:54, 24 July 2023
- of 302.4 km², the island makes up most of Ganghwa-gun, a division of Incheon Municipality. Legend states that Dangun, the mythological founder of Korea ...8 KB (1,114 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- a delivery truck and gave chase, exchanging gun fire with the renegade car while weaving in and out of traffic. In all 28 shots were fired, ten ...7 KB (1,127 words) - 04:15, 29 October 2022
- fragments were an additional fouling in the gun barrel and a new tool--a worm ... He developed a 6-inch field howitzer whose gun barrel, carriage assembly ...76 KB (11,884 words) - 17:42, 16 August 2023
- aircraft with his observer's machine gun, but was not credited with ... gunner with the Australian 24th Machine Gun Company, and was using a Vickers ...33 KB (4,981 words) - 17:23, 7 December 2023
