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Cutting thread sectors on a howitzer with a shaper, in the Erie, Pennsylvania, General Electric plant. A dividing head provided with a clamp which fits over the muzzle end of the tube has been adopted for indexing. These seventy-five millimeter pack howitzers are being produced largely on machinery formerly used for making streetcar motors

Cutting thread sectors on a howitzer with a shaper, in the Erie, Penns...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, cannon, weapon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Well, well, here's Laddie Boy again, and no muzzle either

Well, well, here's Laddie Boy again, and no muzzle either

Photograph shows Warren Harding's pet dog Laddie Boy with the "child movie queen" Mariana Batista on the lawn at the White House. No. 23085 RU.

Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Gun with muzzle shot away

Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Gun with muzzle shot away

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Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Gun with muzzle shot away

Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Gun with muzzle shot away

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[Morris Island, South Carolina. 300-pounder Parrot Rifle after bursting of muzzle]

[Morris Island, South Carolina. 300-pounder Parrot Rifle after burstin...

A couple of men standing next to a cannon. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An appalling attempt to muzzle the watch-dog of science / F. Graetz.

An appalling attempt to muzzle the watch-dog of science / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows Herbert Spencer as a statue of a large dog at the entrance to a public building emitting rays of light labeled "Science"; many diminutive men, wearing oversized top hats, scamper about with l... More

[Crowd of German civilians, including children, surrounding a cannon which has a garland hanging from the muzzle]

[Crowd of German civilians, including children, surrounding a cannon w...

Stamped on back: Photo J.P. Böhm, Müchen, Karlstrasse Nr. 35. Forms part of the Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

[Morris Island, South Carolina. 300-poinder Parrot Rifle after bursting of muzzle]

[Morris Island, South Carolina. 300-poinder Parrot Rifle after burstin...

A black and white photo of a cannon. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Story coast defense. Representatives of America's men and machines who are out to blast the Axis. Note lands and grooves on interior of muzzle. These bite into the copper rotating band near the base of the projectile and start it spinning as it leaves the gun. This motion keeps the shell on a true course

Fort Story coast defense. Representatives of America's men and machine...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Story coast defense. A sergeant of the CAC [coast artillery Corps?] stands beside the muzzle of a sixteen inch howitzer at Fort Story, Virginia

Fort Story coast defense. A sergeant of the CAC [coast artillery Corps...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Muzzle your dogs. Reading, May 15th, 1877. At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen, held this day for the purpose, the following order was passed: "It is ordered that on and after May 20th all dogs within the limits of the Town of Reading shall b

Muzzle your dogs. Reading, May 15th, 1877. At a meeting of the Board o...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 75, Folder 16.

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The muzzle break of a machine gun for the Air Corps must be right. An inspector in a big auto plant now converted to war work examines each piece as it travels down the production line. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The muzzle break of a machi...

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