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In 1942 the company was primarily focused for the Tokyo Weapons Company involved in the manufacture of fighter planes. The pen business Nakaya Seisakusho was renamed Platinum Fountain Pen Company Ltd. This changed in 1952 to Platinum Industry Company after a challenge from a British company of the same name, [3] but reverted in 1962.
The .500/465 Nitro Express is the only other cartridge with the same bullet diameter as the .465 H&H Magnum. Both cartridges are designed to fire a 480-grain (31 g) .468 caliber (11.89 mm) bullet. Although the cartridge is capable of operating at rather high pressures, Holland & Holland chose to load the cartridge to a moderate pressure of ...
Platinum black (Pt black) is a fine powder of platinum with good catalytic properties. The name of platinum black is due to its black color. It is used in many ways; as a thin film electrode, a fuel cell membrane catalyst, or as a catalytic ignition of flammable gases for "self-lighting" gas lamps, ovens, and stove burners.
A husband and wife in northeast Pakistan have been arrested in connection to the death of a 13-year-old girl who was employed as a maid for the couple.. Rashid Shafiq and his wife Sana were ...
Whilst Eley developed the completely new, mammoth .450 No 2 Nitro Express, Holland & Holland followed Rigby's example and loaded the old black powder.500/450 Magnum Black Powder Express with cordite, creating the .500/450 Nitro Express. The larger case capacity allowed the same ballistics at reduced chamber pressures to the .450 Nitro Express.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund just announced it is awarding $8.5 million in preservation grants to 30 historically Black churches ...
Crypto is turning volatile as Donald Trump assumes the office of president for the second time. The price of bitcoin set another record in the hours leading up to Trump's inauguration, briefly ...
The .500/465 Nitro Express is one of several rounds (including the .470 Nitro Express, .475 Nitro Express, .475 No. 2 Nitro Express and .476 Nitro Express) developed as a replacement for the .500/450 Nitro Express following the British authorities' 1907 ban of military caliber ammunition in India and the Sudan, all with comparable performance.