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This instrument was invented by Count Alessandro Anastasio Volta , the Italian physicist and inventor of the voltaic pile, an early battery. A Volta...

Volta pistol, possibly late 18th Century.

Engraving by Tardieu after Bettoni. Volta was the inventor of the voltaic pile, an early battery and the first source of current electricity. This...

Alessandro Anastasio Volta, Italian physicist and inventor, late 18th century.

Close-up of the Elgin .54 calibre single shot cutlass pistol, invented in New York in the 1830's by George Elgin, and intended for use by sappers and...

Samuel Colt , the gunsmith who invented the revolver in 1835 that bears his name. He built up a substantial arms business in Hartford Connecticut and...

Sherlock Holmes holding a pipe and revolver, late 19th-early 20th century. Holmes with his trademark pipe, stands holding a gun, wearing a dressing...

Sherlock Holmes Holding A Pipe And Revolver

Samuel Colt who invented one of the first practical repeating firearms. His revolver was adopted for the US Army.

Colt Frontier revolver, invented by Samuel Colt , c1850. Fig. 2: the breech disc. Fig. 3: the cartridge in section. From The Mechanics' Magazine....

Colt Frontier revolver, invented by Samuel Colt (1814-62), c1850.

This instrument was invented by Count Alessandro Anastasio Volta , the Italian physicist and inventor of the voltaic pile, an early battery. A Volta...

Volta pistol, possibly late 18th Century.

Year-old Andrea Runge fired .22 magnum machine pistol, invented by John Royster, right. Unlike other machine guns this weapon is easier to hold and...

Denver Post Archives

The head of a kitchen match fires this 38-caliber, muzzle-leader pistol which uses black powder. It is one of a cabinet-full of weapons Donaldson has...

Denver Post Archives

One of the many weapons invented by Donaldson in this breechless, 22 caliber pistol which uses no firing pen. Credit: The Denver Post

Denver Post Archives

One of the many weapons invented by Donaldson is this breechless, 22-caliber pistol which uses no firing pen. Donaldson, once worked as a freelance...

Denver Post Archives

The head of a kitchen match fires this .38 caliber, muzzle-loader pistol which uses black powder. It is one of a cabinet-full of weapons Donaldson...

Denver Post Archives

Colt Frontier revolver, invented by Samuel Colt , c1890. Also known as the Colt Peacemaker. After Mexican War of 1846-48, was adopted by the US Army.

Colt Frontier revolver, invented by Samuel Colt (1814-62), c1890.

Samuel Colt , inventor of the Colt revolver, 1856. The American inventor and industrialist invented the weapon which, after the Mexican war of...

Samuel Colt (1814-1862), inventor of the Colt revolver, 1856.

Colt revolver, c1880. The Colt revolver, invented by Samuel Colt . After the Mexican war of 1846-1848, Colt's weapon was adopted by the US army. From...

Colt revolver, c1880.

Sectional view of the Colt revolver, c1880. The Colt revolver, invented by Samuel Colt . After the Mexican war of 1846-1848, Colt's weapon was...

Sectional view of the Colt revolver, c1880.

Year-old Andrea Runge fired .22 magnum machine pistol, invented by John Royster, right. Unlike other machine guns this weapon is easier to hold and...

3/18/1987, 3-19-1987; 15-year-old Andrea Runge fired .22 magnum machine pistol, invented by John Roy

One of the many weapons invented by Donaldson is this breechless, 22-caliber pistol which uses no firing pen. Donaldson, once worked as a freelance...

APR 21 1966, APR 23 1966, APR 24 1966; One of the many weapons invented by Donaldson is this breechl

The head of a kitchen match fires this 38-caliber, muzzle-leader pistol which uses black powder. It is one of a cabinet-full of weapons Donaldson has...

APR 21 1966, APR 23 1966, APR 24 1966; The head of a kitchen match fires this 38-caliber, muzzle-lea

One of the many weapons invented by Donaldson in this breechless, 22 caliber pistol which uses no firing pen.;

APR 21 1966, APR 24 1966; One of the many weapons invented by Donaldson in this breechless, 22 calib

The head of a kitchen match fires this .38 caliber, muzzle-loader pistol which uses black powder. It is one of a cabinet-full of weapons Donaldson...

APR 21 1966, APR 24 1966; The head of a kitchen match fires this .38 caliber, muzzle-loader pistol w

Cannon Revolver, exhibited in the Marine Museum, at Paris, 1854. '...an instrument invented some time ago. M. Frugier Coigny claims to have invented...

Cannon Revolver

Inventé par un ingénieur français, le dispositif 'Shut-up' de toute petite taille formant un sorte de petit canon dans lequel est logé une balle de...

Lutte contre la gangstérisme

The 22-year-old Englishman Ronald Chapman, who invented the suppressor for revolvers, guns and machineguns, with a gun and suppressor. England....

The 22-year-old Englishman Ronald Chapman, who invented the suppressor for revolvers, guns and machineguns, with a gun and suppressor

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