- Title :
-
Prince Rupert's patent guns
- Author :
- BAILEY, Sarah Barter ;
- Publication year :
-
2000
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- An account of Prince Rupert's involvement in improving both the accuracy and the safety of guns and gunfounding. In 1671, he obtained a patent for a secret process whereby cast iron cannon could be made lighter and more cheaply. Contemporary documents, and the guns themselves, provide evidence of the financial, adminstrative and social ramifications. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- 153 ; vi, 153 p.; 15 ill. ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Arme à feu ; Art du métal ; Brevet ; Fonte de fer ; Grande-Bretagne ; Ruprecht, prince, 1619-1682 ; Technologie ; 1600-1700 ;
- Descriptors :
- Cast-iron ; Firearms ; Great Britain ; Metalwork ; Patents ; Ruprecht, prince, 1619-1682 ; Technology ; 1600-1700 ;
- Document type :
- Ouvrage ;
- INIST identifier :
- 24986061 ;
- ISBN :
- ISBN 0948092297 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher :
-
Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds
- Publisher country :
- UNITED KINGDOM ;
