Author : George Madis
Publisher :
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 39,18 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Winchester firearms
ISBN :
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The Winchester Handbook
Author : George Madis
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,85 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Winchester firearms
ISBN : 9780910156042
The Perfectionists
Author : Simon Winchester
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 30,94 MB
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0062652575
“Another gem from one of the world’s justly celebrated historians specializing in unusual and always fascinating subjects and people.” — Booklist (starred review) The revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement—precision—in a superb history that is both an homage and a warning for our future. The rise of manufacturing could not have happened without an attention to precision. At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in eighteenth-century England, standards of measurement were established, giving way to the development of machine tools—machines that make machines. Eventually, the application of precision tools and methods resulted in the creation and mass production of items from guns and glass to mirrors, lenses, and cameras—and eventually gave way to further breakthroughs, including gene splicing, microchips, and the Hadron Collider. Simon Winchester takes us back to origins of the Industrial Age, to England where he introduces the scientific minds that helped usher in modern production: John Wilkinson, Henry Maudslay, Joseph Bramah, Jesse Ramsden, and Joseph Whitworth. It was Thomas Jefferson who later exported their discoveries to the fledgling United States, setting the nation on its course to become a manufacturing titan. Winchester moves forward through time, to today’s cutting-edge developments occurring around the world, from America to Western Europe to Asia. As he introduces the minds and methods that have changed the modern world, Winchester explores fundamental questions. Why is precision important? What are the different tools we use to measure it? Who has invented and perfected it? Has the pursuit of the ultra-precise in so many facets of human life blinded us to other things of equal value, such as an appreciation for the age-old traditions of craftsmanship, art, and high culture? Are we missing something that reflects the world as it is, rather than the world as we think we would wish it to be? And can the precise and the natural co-exist in society?
Winchester
Author : Harold Francis Williamson
Publisher :
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 28,12 MB
Release : 2012-06-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781258399542
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
Author : Simon Winchester
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 44,13 MB
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 000835913X
From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back.
The Winchester Model Twelve
Author : George Madis
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,84 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Shotguns
ISBN : 9780910156066
100 Years of Winchester Cartridge Boxes, 1856-1956
Author : Ray T. Giles
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,84 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780764325410
Covering the 100 years that Winchester and its predecessor companies, Volcanic Repeating Arms Co., and New Haven Arms Co., produced cartridges in New Haven, this is the first detailed study ever done on cartridge boxes from the era of the modem gun. Coverage includes all the calibers cataloged for every rifle model from 1856 to 1956. Drawing on never before seen company records and correspondence, as well as interviews with oldtime employees, the authors have unearthed a wealth of new and significant information on this under-researched, fast growing aspect of gun-related collectibles. With over 1,400 pictures, all in full color, this book also includes a Pricing Guide and a Rarity Guide. It is unlikely that the incredible number of varieties of Winchester cartridge boxes pictured will ever again be assembled for presentation to the collecting public. Whether you want to date your collectible box or determine which box would be appropriate as a contemporary display piece with your Winchester rifle, this is the book to own.
The Sight Book
Author : George Madis
Publisher :
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 28,25 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Firearms
ISBN :
The Winchester Book of Verse
Author : Henry Desmond Pritchard Lee
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 26,63 MB
Release : 1959
Category : English poetry
ISBN :
The Winchester Bible
Author : Claire Donovan
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,39 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN :