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THE BIRMINGHAM GUN TRADE PDF, EPUB, EBOOK David Williams | 192 pages | 01 Sep 2004 | The History Press Ltd | 9780752432373 | English | Stroud, United Kingdom The Birmingham Gun Trade - David Williams - Google книги Javascript is not enabled in your browser. Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser. Home 1 Books 2. Add to Wishlist. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Members save with free shipping everyday! See details. Overview This fascinating volume explores the relationships between the technology and history of gunmaking. Covering the period from to , it sees the mechanical engineering technology of the "lock, stock and barrel" firearm change significantly. David Williams, an engineer and academic, has studied the battle between the manual processes of assembly and the clumsy but tireless machine, and here examines this complex relationship in gunmaking, paying particular attention to military firearms manufacture and the growth and decline of the Birmingham military and sporting gun trade. Product Details. Related Searches. Arnhem On September 17, , over 2, transport aircraft lifted off from airfields across England and On September 17, , over 2, transport aircraft lifted off from airfields across England and set a course for Holland. They were the first wave of the largest airborne operation in history, code-named Operation Market Garden. Their task was to View Product. 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Synopsis About this title This fascinating volume explores the relationships between the technology and history of gunmaking. Buy New Learn more about this copy. Customers who bought this item also bought. Stock Image. New Paperback Quantity Available: 1. Seller Rating:. Published by The History Press New Quantity Available: 1. Published by The History Press Limited. New Quantity Available: 3. Majestic Books London, United Kingdom. Published by Tempus BBC - Birmingham - History - Birmingham's historic gun trade About this product Product Information Birmingham has been a key innovator in the gun trade since the seventeenth century and the Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof house operates to this day. Between and six million arms were testing and proofed here - many of them destined for the USA. Those who worked in the Birmingham Gun Quarter were at the forefront of this incredible industry. This book tells the story of the technology and history of gun making. Covering the period to , it sees the mechanical engineering technology of the 'lock, stock and barrel' firearm change significantly. David Williams, an engineer and academic, has studied the battle between the manual processes of manufacturing using the dexterity of many pople and the clumsy but tireless machine, and here examines this complex relationship in gunmaking, paying particular attention to interchangeable military firearms manufacture and the growth and decline of the Birmingham military and sporting gun trade. Accompanied by over illustrations, The Birmingham Gun Trade is more than a narrative of gunmaking in Birmingham through the years: it is a thoughtful comment on craft skills, the use of machines and, most significant of all, the effect of having changing technologies on people's jobs, livelihoods and locations. Additional Product Features Dewey Edition. Show More Show Less. Best Selling in Nonfiction See all. Bill o'Reilly's Killing Ser. In the s, a large part of the Gun Quarter was demolished by post-war town planners, with the area split in two by the construction of the Birmingham Inner Ring Road. Many buildings in the area are disused but plans are in place for redevelopment including in Shadwell Street and Vesey Street. During the early to midth century Birmingham's population numbered only several thousand; the town was home to many foundries and workshops that made a wide variety of metalware, including guns. Sir Richard Newdigate , one of the new, local Newdigate Baronets , approached manufacturers in the town in with the notion of supplying the British Government with small arms. It was stressed that they would need to be of high enough calibre to equal the small arms that were imported from abroad. After a successful trial order in , the Government placed its first contract. On 5 January , the "Officers of Ordnance" chose five local firearms manufacturers to initially produce " snaphance musquets " per month over the period of one year, paying 17 shillings per musket, plus 3 shillings per hundredweight for delivery to London. At the start of the 18th century, gun manufacture was concentrated in the Digbeth area, but fifty years later the trade had moved to the present-day Gun Quarter. Many of the gunsmiths also expanded to less cramped parts of the city — the Gun Quarter is a very small area, and early accounts describe many "higgledy piggledy" houses and factories with different gunshops and gunsmiths residing in close proximity to one another. A commemorative plaque in the Gun Quarter claims that around this time Birmingham was the "foremost arms producer in the world", the town's closest rival being London. By the end of the 18th century the Gun Quarter had become a thriving gun-manufacturing community. Government viewing rooms were opened in Bagot Street in , employing sixty or seventy people to ensure that guns produced were of the necessary standard to provide for the British army. Military use, however, was accompanied by a major market in the Atlantic slave trade. A Parliamentary report counted over 4, gun makers, with , guns a year going to slave traders. The British Government began to rely heavily upon the skilled gun manufacturers of the town. The Napoleonic Wars required special efforts, and between and a total of 1,, muskets, rifles, carbines , and pistols were manufactured for the Government alone. It has been estimated that production of guns and components between and averaged more than three-quarters of a million items per annum, more than two-thirds of England's production during this period. Birmingham Proof House was built in , then one of only two such proof houses in England, the other being in London. The building was managed by a consortium of the town's gun traders, its purpose being to ensure that the guns manufactured in the area were safe for use. It is still in use. The number of firms in Birmingham's gun industry was in , in two-thirds of these in the Gun Quarter , and by there were gun firms in the city. The trade employed 2, people in , out of a total of 7, in the whole of England and Wales. In the late 18th and early 19th century, barrels were mainly manufactured outside the quarter in Aston , Deritend , Smethwick and West Bromwich , and locks were mainly sourced from the Black Country , but other parts were usually manufactured and assembled within the Quarter. In the late 19th century, Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham listed more than fifty specialist trades involved in gun manufacture, "till late years most of them being carried on under different roofs". The Crimean War brought much business to the gun makers of Birmingham, and from to more than 4,, barrels were proved there. Most military gun stocks were made from walnut , whereas for the cheaper African market common beech was used. During the Crimean War a large saw mill was erected in Turin by a gun maker from the quarter, [9] [10] and nearly a third of a million gun stocks were produced from this source alone. It is estimated that around , weapons were shipped from Birmingham to America during the latter's Civil War. One of the main suppliers was William Tranter , who supplied revolvers to the Confederate forces. General Custer is known to have owned a Galand and Sommerville. By the nineteenth century, the introduction of the percussion system combined with the adoption of modern production methods led to Birmingham becoming the dominant producer in British firearms. A few London makers remained, such as the government-owned Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield but Birmingham produced the majority of the firearms in Britain. During this time the Gun Quarter made a variety of calibre weapons from high quality to the less elaborate. In general, British weapons were well made, but less decorative than those produced on the continent; above all they earned a reputation for reliability and fine craftsmanship. The Birmingham Gun Trade by David J. Williams, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people. Fife's Fishing Industry. Fishing has always been a mainstay of Fife. The fishing industry began to develop in The fishing industry began to develop in earnest in the latter half of the nineteenth century, with many advances in boat design, technology of fishing gear and expansion of markets through improved Filton Voices.

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