Weapons

  • Weapons: Designing the Tools of War
    Weapons: Designing the Tools of War
    By Jason Richie

    Traces the development of weapons through the lives of such inventors and their inventions as David Bushnell and the submarine, Samuel Colt and the revolver, John Ericsson and the battleship, Hiram Maxim and the machine gun, and Ernest ...

  • Weapons
    Weapons
    By Deborah Murrell

    Long shields with rounded tops and narrow bottoms were called kite shields . They were useful both on horseback and on foot . When on horseback , kite shields protected the rider's body and leg on one side . These are the shields that ...

  • Weapons
    Weapons
    By Mark Morris

    Describes weapons, such as firearms, vehicles, missiles, and bombs, including how they work and the types of warfare and ideal conditions in which to use them.

  • Weapons: Bigger, Stronger and Smarter
    By Mark Morris

    Describes weapons, such as firearms, vehicles, missiles, and bombs, including how they work and the types of warfare and ideal conditions in which to use them.

  • Weapons: The International Game of Arms, Money and Diplomacy
    Weapons: The International Game of Arms, Money and Diplomacy
    By Russell Warren Howe

    This story has the teenage duchess fleeing down the Tiffany - lighted corridor to escape the duke , bellowing angrily behind . Zaharoff opens the door to his wagon - lit and suavely invites her to come inside and hide .

  • Weapons: A Pictorial History
    Weapons: A Pictorial History

    Describes in text and pictures weapons used through the ages, from the stones of prehistoric man to the bombs of modern times.

  • Weapons
    Weapons
    By Chris McNab

    The book ranges from the first Gatling guns to favourites such as the Lee Enfield rifle and the AK-47; in terms of aircraft the book includes World War I biplanes, World War II's Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighter ...

  • Weapons
    Weapons
    By Xist Publishing

    Discover Series Books for Babies & Toddlers Need a throwing star hanging around the house? No? What about a dagger? This (significantly safer) Discover Series title features 24-full color images of weapons from around the world

  • Weapons: An International Encyclopedia From 5000 B.C. to 2000 A.D., Updated Edition
    Weapons: An International Encyclopedia From 5000 B.C. to 2000 A.D., Updated Edition
    By Diagram Group

    ... gun bearing his name . ( See pp.212 , 214. ) Jacob , Major General John ( 1812-58 ) British Officer in the Indian Army ... gallantry in WW2 , was the designer of the AK47 ( Avtomat Kalashnikova of 1947 ) , now probably the most numerous ...

  • Weapons
    Weapons
    By Jim Ollhoff

    Explores weapons used in martial arts, weaving together history, culture, geography and politics.

  • Weapons: A Pictorial History
    Weapons: A Pictorial History

    Describes in text and pictures weapons used through the ages, from the stones of prehistoric man to the bombs of modern times.