ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ARQUEBUS
Via Old French harquebuse from Middle Dutch hakebusse, literally: hook gun, from the shape of the butt, from hake hook + busse box, gun, from Late Latin busis box.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARQUEBUS»
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Arquebus to the Breechloader: How Firearms ...
How Firearms Transformed Early Infantry Tactics Piers Platt. the bow, or the
accuracy of either.”13 Firearms also faced opposition from conservative nobles,
who recognized that, despite its flaws, the handgun gave commoners the ability
to ...
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Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World: Equiptment, ...
By the time the arquebus reached Japan, the simple hinged trigger arrangement
had generally been replaced by a spring-loaded 'snapping' matchlock system,
the match arm being released under spring tension for much faster lock times.
Christer Joregensen, 2008
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The Presidio and Militia on the Northern Frontier of New ...
Alonso Gonzalez appeared in person with sword, dagger and arquebus. 13.
Manuel Pereira appeared with sword, dagger and arquebus. 14. Cristobal de
Aguilera appeared with sword, dagger and arquebus. 1 5 . Alferez Juan Gomez
Garro ...
Thomas H. Naylor, Charles W. Polzer, 1986
The main reason for this was the introduction of the arquebus, a simple musket
fired by dropping a lighted match on to a pan when you pulled the trigger. The
arquebus had been the standard European infantry missile weapon for many
years, ...
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The Art of War in the Western World
Then, working on the principle of the cigarette lighter, when the gunner released
the spring, the turning wheel struck pyrites or flint, sending sparks into the pan,
igniting the powder, and thus firing the gun. But a wheel lock arquebus cost about
...
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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: ...
Euerie landed man — sail haue ane hagbute of found, callit hagbute of crochert,
with thair cab iics, bulletis, and pellokis of leid or irne." Acts J. V. 1540. c. 73. Edit.
1566. c. M. Murray. Fr. arquebus a croc; Gl. Compl. But the term is more nearly ...
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The Crossbow: Its Military and Sporting History, ...
There are some who are called " Foresters," who pursue larger game and
surround and kill it with the arquebus and with dogs. ' Only those sportsmen are
called " Ballesteros " (Crossbowmen) who hunt every kind of game. The
Ballesteros ...
Ralph Payne-Gallwey, 2007
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The United Service Magazine
In the sixteenth century, the calibre of the arquebus was diminished to two
ounces of lead, and these arms were called the demi-arquebus. Besides these,
there were also in use the double arquebus, the barrel of which was above four
feet ...
Arthur William Alsager Pollock, 1844
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Arms & Armour of Archduke Eugen, 1927 Auction Catalog
ARQUEBUS BARRELS NUMBERS 677-682 GERMAN ARQUEBUS BARRELS
NUMBERS 677-680 Of wrought iron; cylindrical and octangular. Perforated "
hooks" or flanges against recoil. 677 GERMAN ARQUEBUS BARREL EARLY
16TH ...
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Colonies and Conquest: Asia 1494-1698
Medium Foot Unarmoured Average Arquebus – – 6 6–8 Poor 4 Only from 1595 to
1597 Medium Foot Unarmoured Average – Heavy Weapon Heavy Weapon 5 1/2
Medium Foot 6–8 0–8 Unarmoured Average Arquebus – – 6 1/2 Medium Foot ...
Richard Bodley Scott, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARQUEBUS»
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Get your own angry mob of medieval Japanese peasant farmers …
Redbox makes not one but two Ashigaru sets: Archers and Arquebusiers (an arquebus being a type of firearm); and a Command and Support ... «RocketNews24, Jun 15»
Bones Of Cervantes, Author Of 'Don Quixote', Reburied In Madrid
Cervantes' antemortem injuries, including a hand wound and a possible non-lethal arquebus wound to the chest, meant a potentially easy ... «Forbes, Jun 15»
Geographic Re-balance the Solution to Right-Sizing the Navy
... it represents a 21st century equivalent of the arquebus.4 Fisher, by contrast, had relatively mature technological solutions in propulsion, and ... «CIMSEC, Jun 15»
Agents of Empire: Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the 16th …
On the Holy League's flagship, the Pope's great-nephew blazed away with his arquebus while his comrades dropped dead around his feet and ... «The Sunday Times, Jun 15»
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Bartolomeo Beretta, a master gun barrel maker who lived in Gardone Italy, was paid by the Arsenal of Venice in 1526 to make 185 arquebus ... «India.com, May 15»
Friendly rivals team up in a wild ale facility
Those styles include barleywines like Blunderbuss and Arquebus, and Cerise Cassee American Sour Ale, which have previously been ... «Boston Globe, May 15»
Rail strike
FOR all the centuries of refinement that separate a modern rifle from a Renaissance arquebus, the basic idea has not changed. That idea is to ... «The Economist, May 15»
Cervantes and the Spanish search for his lost tomb
Cervantes was shot three times by a gun known as an arquebus at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, leaving him with no use in his left hand. «BBC News, Mar 15»
Miguel de Cervantes' coffin found after nine-month search
... signs of severe chest bruising due to injuries incurred from an arquebus gun shot in the naval Battle of Lepanto off western Greece in 1571. «Raw Story, Jan 15»
'Don Quixote' author Miguel de Cervantes' coffin found after nine …
... and signs of severe chest bruising due to injuries incurred from an arquebus shot in the naval Battle of Lepanto off western Greece in 1571. «The Independent, Jan 15»
