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Northwest Passage - 24

Date: 04/15/2006 Views: 227

Brunot's Island and Air Gun Mishap—Oct 2011

Date: 10/15/2011
Owner: Ted Kaye
Size: 17 items
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Beaverton History Center, on Broadway, our host

Date: 10/15/2011
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Mike Carrick showing the 1790s air gun and kit

Date: 10/15/2011
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The original air gun mechanism

Date: 10/15/2011
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Demonstrating the valve of the air pressure tank in the gun stock

Date: 10/15/2011
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Explaining the Girardoni air gun

Date: 10/15/2011
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The air gun shoots .46 caliber lead balls

Date: 10/15/2011
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The lead balls shot by the air gun become rifled in the barrel

Date: 10/15/2011
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Lewis could fire 21 shots per minute

Date: 10/15/2011
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The initial air charge was 850 psf, taking 1,200 strokes to pump it up

Date: 10/15/2011
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