Engineering:Continuously Shooting Blunderbuss
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| Chinese | 连珠铳 |
|---|---|
| Invented | 1674[1] |
| Inventor | Dai Zi[2] |
| Usage | Putting down Geng Jingzhong's Rebellion |
The Continuously Shooting Blunderbuss[3] (simplified Chinese: 连珠铳; traditional Chinese: 連珠銃), also known as "Lianzhu Huochong" (连珠火铳), [4] was a kind of breech-loading, smooth-bore, single-shot flintlock, [5] invented by Dai Zi (戴梓),[6] a firearms expert in the early Qing Dynasty, in the thirteenth year of Kangxi (1674).
Usage
The Continuously Shooting Blunderbuss could fire 28 rounds of ammunition at a time and was powerful.[7] These guns played an important role in quelling Geng Jingzhong's Rebellion (耿精忠叛乱).[8]
References
- ↑ Teng Fu (1992). Zhejiang Cultural History. Zhejiang People's Publishing House. pp. 445–. ISBN 978-7-213-00811-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=zeJtAAAAIAAJ.
- ↑ James M. Short (9 December 2010). "Energetics Science and Technology in China - DRUM". drum.lib.umd.edu. https://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/handle/1903/14557/Energetics%20Science%20and%20Technology%20in%20China.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.
- ↑ Michael Pecht (9 December 2010). "Past and Present". www.cecdarchive.umd.edu. http://www.cecdarchive.umd.edu/documents/presentations/Hong-Kong/Pecht.pdf.
- ↑ Encyclopedia knowledge. Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. 2006. pp. 55–. https://books.google.com/books?id=wDEyAQAAIAAJ.
- ↑ Song Chuanshui; yuan Chengyi (2004). Hangzhou Celebrities Through the Ages. Hangzhou Publishing House. pp. 404–. ISBN 978-7-80633-643-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=8BFBAAAAMAAJ.
- ↑ "The defeat of the Sino-Japanese War is actually a defeat of cultural power". 2014-03-11. http://www.xinhuanet.com/world/2014-03/11/c_126249211_4.htm.
- ↑ Zhejiang History Series. China Book Publishing House. 1995. pp. 71–. https://books.google.com/books?id=dyULAQAAMAAJ.
- ↑ Koichi Shinoda (1996). 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.
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