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Unidentified Civil War soldier with guns

1930s

A brief history of revolvers, rifles & other guns, from the Civil War through the 1930s

The history of revolvers, rifles & other guns comes to you from an encyclopedia published in the late 1930s or early 1940s, and offers a unique perspective on these weapons.

American War history

Are we entering the atomic age? (1940)

For almost 2,500 years, man was wrong. From the time of Socrates, he had thought of atoms as the smallest particles of matter. In the

1970s

US nuclear defenses: B-1 Bomber, NORAD & beyond (1977)

The B-1 Bomber The principal launch pad for the airborne cruise may be the new swing-wing B-1 bomber. Designed as a successor to the 25-year-old

1900s

How great guns protect us (1900)

How great guns protect us General Shafter discusses the new fortifications No seaport of the United States is more strongly defended than San Francisco is

1960s

Get real action: 7-Up shoots your thirst away (1964)

Get real action: 7-Up your thirst away Any thirst you can get, 7-Up can quench! Seven-Up is all action. It tingles. It freshens. It re-starts

1950s

Cruise missile in the street? A sign of the times (1958)

Now even this is “old stuff” A few years ago, the weird shape of Navy’s Regulus II [a supersonic guided sea-to-surface cruise missile, capable of

1900s

Antique guns: Winchester rifles from the early 20th century

Winchester rifles for all kinds of hunting (1905) Winchester rifles are not the choice of any one special class, but of all intelligent sportsmen who go to the