Engineering:Continuously Shooting Blunderbuss

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Continuously Shooting Blunderbuss
Chinese连珠铳
Invented1674[1]
InventorDai Zi[2]
UsagePutting down Geng Jingzhong's Rebellion

The Continuously Shooting Blunderbuss[2] (simplified Chinese: 连珠铳; traditional Chinese: 連珠銃), also known as "Lianzhu Huochong" (连珠火铳),[3] was a kind of breech-loading, smooth-bore, single-shot flintlock,[4] invented by Dai Zi (戴梓),[5] a firearms expert in the early Qing Dynasty, in the thirteenth year of Kangxi (1674).

Usage

The Continuously Shooting Blunderbuss could fire 28 lead pellets at a time and was powerful.[2][6] These guns played an important role in quelling Geng Jingzhong's Rebellion (耿精忠叛乱).[7]

References

  1. Teng Fu (1992) (in Chinese). Zhejiang Cultural History. Zhejiang People's Publishing House. pp. 445–. ISBN 978-7-213-00811-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=zeJtAAAAIAAJ. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 James M. Short (9 December 2010). "Energetics Science and Technology in China - DRUM" (in English). drum.lib.umd.edu: p. 26. https://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/handle/1903/14557/Energetics%20Science%20and%20Technology%20in%20China.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y. 
  3. (in Chinese) Encyclopedia knowledge. Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. 2006. pp. 55–. https://books.google.com/books?id=wDEyAQAAIAAJ. 
  4. Song Chuanshui; yuan Chengyi (2004) (in Chinese). Hangzhou Celebrities Through the Ages. Hangzhou Publishing House. pp. 404–. ISBN 978-7-80633-643-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=8BFBAAAAMAAJ. 
  5. "The defeat of the Sino-Japanese War is actually a defeat of cultural power" (in Chinese). 2014-03-11. http://www.xinhuanet.com/world/2014-03/11/c_126249211_4.htm. 
  6. (in Chinese) Zhejiang History Series. China Book Publishing House. 1995. pp. 71–. https://books.google.com/books?id=dyULAQAAMAAJ. 
  7. Koichi Shinoda (1996) (in Chinese). The Complete Collection of Chinese Ancient Weapons. Wan Li Book Co., Ltd.. pp. 237–. ISBN 978-962-14-1034-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=E_cUAQAAMAAJ.