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A French blunderbuss, called an espingole, 1760, France Musketoon, blunderbuss and coach gun from the American Civil War era. The flared muzzle is the defining feature of the blunderbuss, differentiating it from large caliber carbines; the distinction between the blunderbuss and the musketoon is less distinct, as musketoons were also used to fire shot, and some had flared barrels.
Musketoons had a brass or iron barrel, and used a wheellock, flintlock or caplock [1] firing mechanism, like the typical musket of the period. They were fired from the shoulder like the musket, but the shorter length (barrels were as short as a foot (30 cm) long) made them easier to handle for those in restricted conditions, such as mounted infantry and naval boarding parties.
Blunderbore (also recorded as Blunderboar, Thunderbore, Blunderbus, or Blunderbuss) is a giant of Cornish and English folklore. A number of folk and fairy tales include a giant named Blunderbore, most notably " Jack the Giant Killer ".
The Continuously Shooting Blunderbuss [3] (simplified Chinese: 连珠铳; traditional Chinese: 連珠銃), also known as "Lianzhu Huochong" (连珠火铳), [4] was a kind of breech-loading, smooth-bore, single-shot flintlock, [5] invented by Dai Zi (戴梓), [6] a firearms expert in the early Qing Dynasty, in the thirteenth year of Kangxi (1674).
As some older systems might not be able to run the new version of Windows Movie Maker, Microsoft also released an updated older version 2.6 for Windows Vista on Microsoft Download Centre. This version is basically the same as Windows Movie Maker 2.1 and included all of the old effects and transitions, but it excludes the ability to capture video.
Blunderbuss may also refer to: Blunderbuss, a 2012 album by Jack White; Blunderbuss, a 2004 EP by Teddy Thompson; See also. Blunderbore, a giant of Cornish ...
The Cardiff Giant was one of the most famous archaeological hoaxes in American history. It was a 10-foot-tall (3.0 m), roughly 3,000 pound [216] purported "petrified man", uncovered on October 16 1869 by workers digging a well behind the barn of William C. Unknown Emperor Chūai: Japan: 303 cm 9 ft 11.9 in
5 ft 10 1 ⁄ 2 in 5 ft 5 in: 180 cm 165 cm: 1 ⁄ 2 in 5 in: 1 cm 13 cm 1920: Warren G. Harding: 6 ft 0 in 183 cm: James M. Cox [62] 5 ft 6 in 168 cm: 6 in 15 cm 1916: Woodrow Wilson: 5 ft 11 in 180 cm: Charles Evans Hughes [59] 5 ft 10 in 178 cm: 1 in 3 cm 1912: Woodrow Wilson: 5 ft 11 in 180 cm: William Howard Taft Theodore Roosevelt: 5 ft ...