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Different types of cannonballs recovered from the Vasa, sunk in 1628 Essential parts of a cannon: 1. the projectile or cannonball (shot) 2. gunpowder 3. touch hole (or vent) in which the fuse or other ignition device is inserted Round shot or solid shot or a cannonball or simply ball
Various types of round shot made from stone, iron and lead found on board the 16th-century carrack Mary Rose Mons Meg with its 20-inch caliber (51 cm), 386 lb (175 kg) cannonballs Cannonball equipped with winglets for rifled cannons, c. 1860
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
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This system has largely been replaced by defining the weapon in terms of the measurement of the calibre, which is the standard today for most weapon systems in use by the world's armed forces. The 18th century standards were based on a projectile's weight, which dates back to use of muzzle loaded cannons that fired solid cannonballs. The bore ...
The Air Up There (The World's Tallest Man) The world's tallest man, as confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records, is Robert Pershing Wadlow, who was born in 1918 in Alton, Ill. Standing at a ...
Cannonball, a 1976 film inspired by "Cannon Ball" Baker; Cannonball, a TV show about two truck drivers, produced in Canada in 1958–59 and syndicated in the U.S. in 1959–60
Like Tottenham, there’s a retractable soccer field that makes way for an American football field underneath. In 2025, the stadium will host the NFL’s first-ever regular-season game in Spain .