The Construction and Operation of the Air Gun: Vol. 1 the Austrian Army Repeating Rifle
Entry/Object ID
683.4 B167c
Description
Second edition of "The Construction and Operation of the Air Gun," which reveals the process of dismantling and studying an air rifle that turned out to be Merriwether Lewis' actual gun from the Lewis and Clark expedition. The book is primarily about the construction and function of the Austrian Army Repeating Rifle, invented in the 1780s.
Photocopy in a black three-ring binder.