Samuel Colt

Author : Herbert G. Houze,Carolyn C. Cooper,Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780300111330

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Samuel Colt by Herbert G. Houze,Carolyn C. Cooper,Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser Pdf

The fascinating story of the American inventor and manufacturer who perfected the revolver Samuel Colt (1814-1862) first patented his "Colt" revolver in 1835 and thereby redefined the architecture of handguns. This stunning book is the first to present in detail the evolution of his most famous invention and to document the unsurpassed Colt firearms collections held by the Wadsworth Atheneum. Colt designed his revolvers with an artistic sensibility--paying particular attention to form and beauty and juxtaposing colors and finishes to heighten the visual effects. He was also one of the first American manufacturers to secure celebrity endorsements and to commission paintings by renowned artists like George Catlin to promote his arms. Colt's standards for excellence, industrial foresight, and quest for market domination are explored in light of primary documents that reveal his constant battles to protect his patents. Essays discuss Colt's personal collection of historic firearms as well as the memorial collection of Colt-manufactured firearms, the relationship between art and commerce as they pertain to the inventor's career, and his international celebrity. Richly illustrated and beautifully produced, this volume presents the artistry of the firearms that Colt worked so diligently to perfect--as well as his promotional abilities that made a tremendous impact on American culture.

Author : Jim Rasenberger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501166396

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Revolver by Jim Rasenberger Pdf

Patented in 1836, the Colt pistol with its revolving cylinder was the first practical firearm that could shoot more than one bullet without reloading. Its most immediate impact was on the expansionism of the American west, where white emigrants and US soldiers came to depend on it, and where Native Americans came to dread it. In making the revolver, Colt also changed American manufacturing, and revolutionized industry in the United States. Rasenberger brings the brazenly ambitious and profoundly innovative industrialist and leader Samuel Colt to vivid life. During an age of promise and progress, and also of slavery, corruption, and unbridled greed, Colt not only helped to create this America, he completely embodied it.-- adapted from info provided

Author : Massachusetts Arms Company
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951002099023M

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Samuel Colt Vs. the Mass. Arms Company by Massachusetts Arms Company Pdf

Author : William B. Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Colt firearms
ISBN : UOM:35128001439262

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The Story of Colt's Revolver by William B. Edwards Pdf

Author : Henry Barnard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Businesspeople
ISBN : BL:A0018673957

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Armsmear: the Home, the Arm, and the Armory of Samuel Colt by Henry Barnard Pdf

Author : Edwin Brit Wyckoff
Publisher : Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766034461

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The Man Behind the Gun by Edwin Brit Wyckoff Pdf

"Readers will learn about Samuel Colt, the revolver, and mass production"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Henry Barnard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600017461

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Armsmear; the home, the arm, and the armory of Samuel Colt [by H. Barnard]. by Henry Barnard Pdf

Author : R. L. Wilson
Publisher : Blue Book Publications
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1886768846

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The Book of Colt Firearms by R. L. Wilson Pdf

The Third Edition Book of Colt Firearms is a complete Colt library in one 648-page volume, with over 1.2 million words, 1,250 B&W images, and 75 color images. This mammoth work tells the Colt story from 1832 to the present. No other reference book covers the Colt company and its products in such detail.

Author : Henry Barnard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Businesspeople
ISBN : ONB:+Z226851005

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Armsmear: the Home, the Arm, and the Armory of Samuel Colt by Henry Barnard Pdf

Author : Samuel Colt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Revolvers
ISBN : HARVARD:32044024282006

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On the Application of Machinery to the Manufacture of Rotating Chambered-breech Fire-arms and Their Peculiarities by Samuel Colt Pdf

Author : William N. Hosley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015038593631

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Colt by William N. Hosley Pdf

Beginning with an account of Sam Colt's early failures as both inventor and businessman, William Hosley traces the development in the pre-Civil War years of the notorious Colt revolver - "The Gun That Won the West" - into the first truly global manufacturing export in U.S. history.

Author : Martin Rywell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Colt firearms
ISBN : UOM:39015042874902

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Samuel Colt by Martin Rywell Pdf

Author : Wadsworth Atheneum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Colt revolver
ISBN : UVA:X000895399

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Samuel Colt Presents by Wadsworth Atheneum Pdf

Author : Philip K. Lundeberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015023177739

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Samuel Colt's Submarine Battery by Philip K. Lundeberg Pdf

Author : Harold Schechter
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-02
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781504094269

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Killer Colt by Harold Schechter Pdf

An in-the-room account of John Colt’s scandalous nineteenth-century murder trial from “America’s principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers” (Boston Review). In this masterful account, renowned true-crime historian Harold Schechter takes you into the life and crimes of convicted murderer John Caldwell Colt, drawing parallels between John’s rise to notoriety and his brother Samuel Colt’s rise to fame as the inventor of the legendary revolver. With a killing that made headlines around the nation, John Colt became a cultural touchstone whose shocking villainy inspired and provoked such writers as Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, and Herman Melville. Unlike his brother, John lived a nomadic existence, bouncing from one job to another. His one distinction, writing a reference accounting book, would play a part in his fall from grace. For in New York City, on September 17, 1841, John murdered printer Samuel Adams with a hatchet during a heated argument over proceeds from book sales. A media circus ensued, galvanizing the penny press, which printed lurid headlines and gruesome woodcut illustrations. The standing-room-only trial created unforgettable moments in legal history, including such dramatic evidence as Samuel Adams’s decomposed head. The verdict and its aftermath would reverberate throughout the country and beyond, giving John Colt lasting infamy. “[Schechter] leads us through Colt’s trial with such precision that you can smell the cigar smoke in the courtroom. . . . Killer Colt succeeds in making us care about this story now by showing why it mattered to so many people then.” —HistoryNet