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The barrel was octagon to round in shape, and was 33 inches in length, per Dearborn's specification. The weapon fired a .54 caliber round. Later rifles had a 36-inch barrel. The stock was made out of walnut wood, and featured a well defined comb and a narrow wrist.
The vise was used as part of the Shaker broom making process. [3] Most of the Shaker villages were involved in making these flat brooms and flat brushes. [2] The flat brooms were produced by the tens of thousands. [3] Only a few of the original Shaker flat brooms made in the nineteenth century have survived into the twenty-first century.
Solomon Harper (born in Poplar Grove, Arkansas, on August 8, 1893 [3]) was an electrical engineer and inventor [4] known for creating the first electrically heated hair roller [5] [6] [2] [7] and 28 other inventions. Harper worked for various railways performing jobs like section head, construction and other locomotive work.
The Allan Herschell Company was a company that specialized in the creation of amusement rides, particularly carousels and roller coasters.The company manufactured portable machines that could be used by traveling carnival operators.
Romell Broom (June 4, 1956 – December 28, 2020) was an American death row inmate who was convicted of murder, kidnapping and rape. He was sentenced to death for the 1984 murder of 14-year-old Tryna Middleton.
Men with Brooms is a 2002 Canadian romantic comedy film, starring and directed by Paul Gross. Centred on the sport of curling , the offbeat comedy tells the story of a reunited curling team from a small Canadian town as they work through their respective life issues and struggle to win the championship for the sake of their late coach.
3-wheeled handcar or velocipede on a railroad track Preserved railroad velocipede on exhibit at the Toronto Railway Historical Association. A handcar (also known as a pump trolley, pump car, rail push trolley, push-trolley, jigger, Kalamazoo, [1] velocipede, or draisine) is a railroad car powered by its passengers or by people pushing the car from behind.
Gerald Harper (born 15 February 1929) is an English actor, best known for his work on television, having played the title roles in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966–67) and Hadleigh (1969–76). He then returned to his main love, the theatre.