Search results for "Gun" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • |#583 Jisan-ri, Habuk-myeon, Yangsan-gun, South Gyeongsan Province ... |#10 Chiin-ri, Gaya-myeon, Hapcheon-gun, South Gyeongsang Province ...
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  • , symbolising Dangun scaling a mountain (Dan-Gun Hyung). ... cfm Life in Korea: The Legend of Tan-Gun]. Category:Korea ...
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  • usually of the fifth rate, though small 28-gun frigates were classed as sixth ... and carried all their main guns on a single gun deck, which had previously ...
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  • of other related or similar objects, such as the gun barrel and barrel organ. It appears that the "gun barrel" got its name because early cannon ...
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  • too late: by the time they heard the machine-gun fire, there was no chance ... were systematically shot dead by machine-gun fire at Babi Yar on September ...
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  • A bullet is a solid projectile propelled by a firearm or air gun, normally made from metal—usually lead. A bullet (in contrast to a shell) ...
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  • the other hand, hence the name "hand gun" became synonymous with ... some notable exceptions, the stock of a long gun can be used as a club. It ...
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  • French photographer Jean Roy) by Egyptian machine gun fire, while covering the armistice of the 1956 Suez War. ==Work== Chim's career in ...
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  • Tippmann, a paintball company, has made a paintball gun called the "C3." This gun's propellent is propane as opposed to the usual carbon ...
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  • was absorbed by Silla and renamed Geochilsan-gun. The word Geochilsan means ... In 757, Geochilsan-gun was again renamed Dongnae, which it is still ...
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  • of gas, which produces a pressure wave inside the gun barrel, sufficient to propel a shot charge, bullet or projectile from a shotgun, rifle, or artillery ...
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  • Dampier was appointed commander of the 26-gun government ship St George, with a crew of 120 men. They were joined by the 16-gun galleon Cinque ...
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  • glass envelope containing an electron gun (a source of electrons) and a fluorescent screen, usually with internal or external means to accelerate ...
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  • violently ended a 1970 protest with machine gun fire (killing dozens and injuring ... bloodily ended a 1970 protest with machine gun fire (killing dozens and injuring ...
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  • |image= [[Image:Pasir Panjang Machine-Gun Pillbox 8, Nov 06.JPG|300px]] ... and the Anti-Aircraft Platoon, with the Bren Gun Carrier Platoon under Captain ...
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  • Live Twice (1964), The Man with the Golden Gun (1965), and Octopussy and ... the eponymous villain of The Man with the Golden Gun. Neither Saltzman ...
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  • Revised Romanization: Dae-han-min-guk Guk-gun), consisting of the following ... K1 and K1A1, hosting a 120 mm smoothbore gun. The future replacement ...
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  • had helped with the impeachment of Daewon-gun, sided with the isolationists ... government uncovered a plot by the Daewon-gun to overthrow Min’s faction ...
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  • Image:Mount Gyeryong from Jang-gun peak.jpg|Mount Gyeryong near Daejeon in South Korea taken from Jang-gun peak. Image:Seoraksan1.jpg|Seoraksan ...
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  • could carry around thirty cannons. Eleven gun ports on each side and two gun ports on the front and back bestowed enormous firepower upon the ...
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  • stairs, but suddenly swung around and pointed a gun at Frederick's head. After the gun misfired, Powell repeatedly swung the pistol over his head ...
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  • *The fake gun that John Dillinger used to bluff his way out of an Indiana jail ==Legacy== Artifacts and their related documents, photographs, ...
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  • silence is marked by the firing of a field gun on Horse Guards Parade to ... before 11:00A.M., at which time the gun salute fires and the bells ...
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  • The Smoking Gun, [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0326074report14 ... The Smoking Gun, [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0326071anna1 ...
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  • , in Yeoju-gun (여주군 驪州郡), in the province of Kyeonggi ... political struggle between Min and Daewon-gun became public when the son ...
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  • a hot temper and an attitude that death by gun or knife was better than by ... from another angle to cover the group with a gun, either shot or threatened ...
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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 ...
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  • * 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Taekwondo Federation's Joong-Gun formation, named after him. The Joong-Gun form is constructed to remind practitioners how to persevere ...
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  • off and on, until early 1905 when her gun turrets were completed. ... guns mounted in twin gun turrets fore and aft of the superstructure ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • to link any fatal bullet with Sacco's gun, changed his mind after the ... Equal doubt surrounded Vanzetti's gun. The prosecution claimed ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • eighteenth century, Le Blanc proposed making gun parts from standardized patterns ... Repeating Arms, another notable New Haven gun company, in 1888. He served ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • citing the organization’s hesitation to protect gun rights. The ACLU declares itself officially neutral on the issue of gun control, pointing to previous ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Ericsson featured an innovative rotating gun turret that housed two 11 ... down, with her deck resting on her displaced gun turret. In 1987, the site ...
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  • Two other Regulators were wounded during the gun battle, which took place at ... each day. McCarty then retrieved this gun and after Bell had led him ...
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  • pieces of artillery mounted on rigid gun carriages. There were also about 50 light and heavy anti-aircraft guns (20 mm Oerlikons, 75 mm Schneiders ...
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  • watches, compasses, key chains, and gun sights for firearms. It is ... has been used to make self-illuminating gun sights for firearms, especially ...
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  • infantrymen. Eugene Clark mounted a machine gun on a sampan and sank the attack ... Inchon Harbor, where it fired upon enemy gun emplacements. The attacks ...
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