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  • 51Springfield Model 1812 Musket — Model 1812 Musket Type musket Place of origin …

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  • 52Pattern 1853 Enfield — Rifle Musket 1853 Enfield Rifle Musket Type Rifled Musket Place of origin …

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  • 53Minié rifle — French Army P1851 Minié rifle. British Army …

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  • 54Forsyth, Alexander John — ▪ British inventor born Dec. 28, 1769, Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scot. died June 11, 1843, Belhelvie       Scottish Presbyterian minister and inventor who between 1805 and 1807 produced a percussion lock for firearms (gun) that would explode a… …

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  • 55Marin le Bourgeoys — Portrait Medal of Marin le Bourgeoys, 1633 Born Marin le Bourgeoys 1550 Lisieux, France Died 1634 …

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  • 56Musket — Mus ket, n. [F. mousquet, It. moschetto, formerly, a kind of hawk; cf. OF. mousket, moschet, a kind of hawk falcon, F. mouchet, prop., a little fly (the hawk prob. being named from its size), fr. L. musca a fly. Cf. {Mosquito}.] [Sometimes… …

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  • 57musquet — Musket Mus ket, n. [F. mousquet, It. moschetto, formerly, a kind of hawk; cf. OF. mousket, moschet, a kind of hawk falcon, F. mouchet, prop., a little fly (the hawk prob. being named from its size), fr. L. musca a fly. Cf. {Mosquito}.] [Sometimes …

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  • 58Nipple — Nip ple (n[i^]p p l), n. [Formerly neble, a dim. of neb. See {Neb}, {Nib}.] 1. (Anat.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap. [1913 Webster] 2. The orifice at which any animal liquid,… …

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  • 59Solder nipple — Nipple Nip ple (n[i^]p p l), n. [Formerly neble, a dim. of neb. See {Neb}, {Nib}.] 1. (Anat.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap. [1913 Webster] 2. The orifice at which any animal… …

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  • 60E. Remington and Sons — (1816 1896) was a manufacturer of firearms and typewriters. Founded in 1816 by Eliphalet Remington in Ilion, New York, on March 1, 1873 it started manufacturing the first commercial typewriter.In August 1816, then 22 year old Eliphalet Remington… …

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