Centro de Documentação da PJ
Monografia

VAR5424.C.12
PETERSON, Harold L.
The book of the gun / Harold L. Peterson.- London : Paul Hamlyn, cop. 1962.- 262, [6] p. : il. ; 30 cm


ARMAS, ARMA DE FOGO E MUNIÇÕES, HISTÓRIA

Friar bacon and his secret powder. Marvellous monsters. The mechanic's delight. Pecking roosters and biting dogs. The flintlock that shaped history. The clergyman's discovery. The spinning ball. Loading at breech. To load but once and fire often. The revolving cylinder. "The very perfection of fire arms". A gallery of fine arms. Index.