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Cartier, Claudine, Antique tools and instruments from the Nessi Collection, Milan: 5 Continents, 2004 ISBN 9788874391240 OCLC 845721396; Dunbar, Michael (1979), Antique Woodworking Tools: A Guide to the Purchase, Restoration and Use of Old Tools for Today's Shop. London: Stobart & Son ISBN 0-85442-014-2 OCLC 16477599
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
Vinco Corporation was a Detroit, Michigan based manufacturer of jig (tool)s, fixtures, gauges, gears, [1] ground tools, index plates, and angle tangents. Before 1940 it was known as the Vinco Tool Company. [2] In 1962 the New York based Recony division [3] of the business produced air conditioners, heating, and ventilating equipment. [4]
Gas-operated firearm (long-stroke piston, e.g. AK-47).1) gas port, 2) piston head, 3) rod, 4) bolt, 5) bolt carrier, 6) spring. Gas-operation is a system of operation used to provide energy to operate locked breech, autoloading firearms.
A wide array of edge and boring tools provides a broad survey of hand tool-making from prehistory to today. Writing in The Times, Huon Mallalieu encapsulated the function of the book: "Over the past 35 years [David Russell] has amassed probably the world’s largest collection of antique woodworking tools from the Stone Age to the 20th century ...
Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point.. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name.
Detroit Industry, South Wall, 1932–33. Detroit Institute of Arts. The Detroit Industry Murals (1932–1933) are a series of frescoes by the Mexican artist Diego Rivera, consisting of twenty-seven panels depicting industry at the Ford Motor Company and in Detroit. Together they surround the interior Rivera Court in the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Handloading ammunition avoids the labor costs of commercial production lines, reducing the expenditure to only the cost of purchasing components and equipment.Reloading may not be cost effective for occasional shooters, as it takes time to recoup the cost of needed equipment, but those who shoot more frequently will see cost-savings over time, as the brass cartridge cases and shotgun shell ...