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Hardcase · December 6, 2011, 02:01 PM

Abby Mouat, over at Cornell Publications, has put some of her sparsely-ordered reprints on the Internet for the public's perusal, free of charge.

One of them is Col. Samuel Colt's paper "On the application of machinery to the manufacture of rotating chamber-breech firearms, and their peculiarities". It's from the Institute of Civil Engineers Proceedings of 1851.

The paper is less than 40 pages, but it's very interesting. At the end is an appendix by Charles Dickens, describing Colt's London factory.

This was back in the day when topics were presented in person before the members. The paper is actually a summary of Colt's presentation over the course of two days.

http://www.cornellpubs.com/downloads...5-colt-7mb.pdf

EDIT: Fixed the wandering URL

December 6, 2011, 02:01 PM	#1
Hardcase Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2009 Location: Sunny Southern Idaho Posts: 1,909	Samuel Colt's Paper on Manufacturing Revolvers Abby Mouat, over at Cornell Publications, has put some of her sparsely-ordered reprints on the Internet for the public's perusal, free of charge. One of them is Col. Samuel Colt's paper "On the application of machinery to the manufacture of rotating chamber-breech firearms, and their peculiarities". It's from the Institute of Civil Engineers Proceedings of 1851. The paper is less than 40 pages, but it's very interesting. At the end is an appendix by Charles Dickens, describing Colt's London factory. This was back in the day when topics were presented in person before the members. The paper is actually a summary of Colt's presentation over the course of two days. http://www.cornellpubs.com/downloads...5-colt-7mb.pdf EDIT: Fixed the wandering URL __________________ Well we don't rent pigs and I figure it's better to say it right out front because a man that does like to rent pigs is... he's hard to stop - Gus McCrae Last edited by Hardcase; December 7, 2011 at 10:43 AM.