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Author : Charles Tower Haven
Release : 1940
Genre : Colt firearms
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Book Synopsis A History of the Colt Revolver by : Charles Tower Haven
Download or read book A History of the Colt Revolver written by Charles Tower Haven. This book was released on 1940. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a photograph of each model of the Colt revolver and facsimiles of numerous contemporary and historical documents.
Author : Charles Tower Haven
Release : 1940
Genre : Colt firearms
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A History of the Colt Revolver by : Charles Tower Haven
Download or read book A History of the Colt Revolver written by Charles Tower Haven. This book was released on 1940. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a photograph of each model of the Colt revolver and facsimiles of numerous contemporary and historical documents.
Author : Jim Rasenberger
Release : 2021-05-18
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Revolver by : Jim Rasenberger
Download or read book Revolver written by Jim Rasenberger. This book was released on 2021-05-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patented in 1836, the Colt pistol with its revolving cylinder was the first practical firearm that could shoot more than one bullet without reloading. Its most immediate impact was on the expansionism of the American west, where white emigrants and US soldiers came to depend on it, and where Native Americans came to dread it. In making the revolver, Colt also changed American manufacturing, and revolutionized industry in the United States. Rasenberger brings the brazenly ambitious and profoundly innovative industrialist and leader Samuel Colt to vivid life. During an age of promise and progress, and also of slavery, corruption, and unbridled greed, Colt not only helped to create this America, he completely embodied it.-- adapted from info provided
Author : Frank A. Belden
Release : 2011-05-01
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Book Synopsis A History of the Colt Revolver and Other Arms Made by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company From 1836-1940 by : Frank A. Belden
Download or read book A History of the Colt Revolver and Other Arms Made by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company From 1836-1940 written by Frank A. Belden. This book was released on 2011-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Herbert G. Houze
Release : 2006-01-01
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
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Book Synopsis Samuel Colt by : Herbert G. Houze
Download or read book Samuel Colt written by Herbert G. Houze. This book was released on 2006-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of the American inventor and manufacturer who perfected the revolver Samuel Colt (1814-1862) first patented his "Colt" revolver in 1835 and thereby redefined the architecture of handguns. This stunning book is the first to present in detail the evolution of his most famous invention and to document the unsurpassed Colt firearms collections held by the Wadsworth Atheneum. Colt designed his revolvers with an artistic sensibility--paying particular attention to form and beauty and juxtaposing colors and finishes to heighten the visual effects. He was also one of the first American manufacturers to secure celebrity endorsements and to commission paintings by renowned artists like George Catlin to promote his arms. Colt's standards for excellence, industrial foresight, and quest for market domination are explored in light of primary documents that reveal his constant battles to protect his patents. Essays discuss Colt's personal collection of historic firearms as well as the memorial collection of Colt-manufactured firearms, the relationship between art and commerce as they pertain to the inventor's career, and his international celebrity. Richly illustrated and beautifully produced, this volume presents the artistry of the firearms that Colt worked so diligently to perfect--as well as his promotional abilities that made a tremendous impact on American culture.
