001462422 000__ 03652nam\a2200625\i\4500 001462422 001__ 1462422 001462422 003__ Credo 001462422 005__ 20230511003237.0 001462422 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001462422 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 001462422 008__ 230417r20232018maua\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 001462422 020__ $$a9781803161709$$q(electronic book) 001462422 020__ $$z1476666660$$qprint 001462422 020__ $$z9781476666662$$qprint 001462422 035__ $$a(CaBNVSL)slc00004239 001462422 035__ $$a(Credo)mcftpnh2018 001462422 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1376893560 001462422 040__ $$aCaBNVSL$$beng$$erda$$cCaBNVSL$$dCaBNVSL 001462422 050_4 $$aU884$$b.P74 2023eb 001462422 08204 $$a623.4424$$223 001462422 1001_ $$aPrenderghast, Gerald,$$d1954-$$eauthor. 001462422 24510 $$aRepeating and multi-fire weapons :$$ba history from the Zhuge crossbow through the AK-47 /$$cGerald Prenderghast. 001462422 250__ $$a[Enhanced Credo edition] 001462422 263__ $$a20230503 001462422 264_1 $$aJefferson, North Carolina :$$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$$c2018. 001462422 26431 $$aBoston, Massachusetts :$$bCredo Reference,$$c2023. 001462422 300__ $$a1 online resource (30 entries) :$$b316 images 001462422 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 001462422 336__ $$astill image$$2rdacontent 001462422 337__ $$aelectronic$$2isbdmedia 001462422 338__ $$aonline resource$$2rdacarrier 001462422 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 001462422 5050_ $$aSection I. Early repeating weapons. 1. Repeating weapons from the ancient world -- Section II. Without black powder. 2. Perkin's steam gun and other oddities -- Section III. The black powder era. 3. Early military rockets ; 4. Early black powder weapons ; 5. Early repeating pistols and Colt's percussion revolvers ; 6. The rimfire revolver and Rollin White's patent ; 7. Pinfire and centerfire revolvers ; 8. Repeating rifles and shotguns ; 9. Early machine guns and repeating cannon ; 10. The Gatling gun: Gatling's 150-year-old masterpiece -- Sectio0n IV. The smokeless powder era. 11. Maxim's automatic machine gun: "the devil's paintbrush" ; 12. Smokeless powder and repeating rifles ; 13. Self-loading or semiautomatic pistols -- Section V. The machine-gun era. 14. The development of repeating and multi-fire weapons in the early 20th century ; 15. Light machine guns in World War I ; 16. Medium and heavy machine guns in World War I ; 17. Submachine guns, semiautomatic rifles and postwar changes ; 18. Light machine gun development after World War I ; 19. Heavy machine gun and automatic cannon development after World War I ; 20. Assault rifles and the rise of the "Woolworth's" gun ; 21. Perspectives. 001462422 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001462422 530__ $$aAlso available in print version. 001462422 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 001462422 650_0 $$aMachine guns$$xHistory. 001462422 650_0 $$aFirearms$$xHistory. 001462422 650_0 $$aMilitary weapons$$xHistory. 001462422 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001462422 7102_ $$aCredo Reference (Firm),$$edistributor. 001462422 77608 $$iPrint version:$$z1476666660$$z9781476666662 001462422 852__ $$bebk 001462422 85640 $$3Credo Reference $$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/title/mcftpnh?institutionId=3155$$zOnline Access 001462422 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1462422$$pGLOBAL_SET 001462422 980__ $$aBIB 001462422 980__ $$aEBOOK 001462422 982__ $$aEbook 001462422 983__ $$aOnline