Wrinkles: Or, Hints to Sportsmen and Travellers on Dress, Equipment, and Camp LifeChatto and Windus, 1874 - 294 páginas |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 16
Página 69
... mark a bird down : what an advantage the sportsman armed with a breech - loader has , in being enabled to walk up at once , loading as he goes , without ever taking his eyes from off the spot where the game settled ! Absence of 11 ...
... mark a bird down : what an advantage the sportsman armed with a breech - loader has , in being enabled to walk up at once , loading as he goes , without ever taking his eyes from off the spot where the game settled ! Absence of 11 ...
Página 132
... mark on the bull's eye of a target , and observing whether the bar- rels are so put together as to deliver the body of the charge fairly upon the point aimed at . If barrels are carelessly bored they often throw to the right or the left ...
... mark on the bull's eye of a target , and observing whether the bar- rels are so put together as to deliver the body of the charge fairly upon the point aimed at . If barrels are carelessly bored they often throw to the right or the left ...
Página 141
... marks the direction the bullet would take on leaving the barrel , propelled by the explosion of the charge , were it not that it is also acted upon by the power of gravity , which attracts it towards the earth , and the resistance the ...
... marks the direction the bullet would take on leaving the barrel , propelled by the explosion of the charge , were it not that it is also acted upon by the power of gravity , which attracts it towards the earth , and the resistance the ...
Página 142
... mark in order to hit it ; but this is not the case , for , as I have before observed , every barrel has in itself a certain degree of elevation , on account of the increased thick- ness of metal at the breech end . The Enfield rifle ...
... mark in order to hit it ; but this is not the case , for , as I have before observed , every barrel has in itself a certain degree of elevation , on account of the increased thick- ness of metal at the breech end . The Enfield rifle ...
Página 143
... the axis of the barrel . If the back - sight is too much inclined to the right , or the front - sight too much to the left , the rifle will shoot to the right of the mark aimed at ; in the same manner , if LINE OF SIGHT . 143.
... the axis of the barrel . If the back - sight is too much inclined to the right , or the front - sight too much to the left , the rifle will shoot to the right of the mark aimed at ; in the same manner , if LINE OF SIGHT . 143.
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Wrinkles: Or, Hints to Sportsmen and Travellers on Dress, Equipment, and ... Henry Astbury Leveson Visualização integral - 1874 |
Wrinkles; Or, Hints to Sportsmen and Travellers on Dress, Equipment, and ... Henry A. Leveson Visualização integral - 1874 |
WRINKLES OR HINTS TO SPORTSMEN 1828-1 H a L (Henry Astbury Leveson),Old Shekarry Pré-visualização indisponível - 2016 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
accuracy of shooting amusing animals arms Artemus Ward ARTHUR O'SHAUGHNESSY Author back-sight barrel birds boots bore boxes breech breech-loader Brown Bess bullet camp cartridges centre CHARLES DICKENS cloth extra cloth gilt collected colour comfortable containing Crown 8vo distance Edition Enfield English Engravings Fcap feet filter fire forest FRANCIS KIRKMAN George Bussey gilt edges ground hammer hand hard water hunter ignition Illus illustrated cover inches insects jungle large game liable loading LONDON muzzle muzzle-loader Nearly ready never novice numerous object Old Shekarry's packed pair paper percussion cap PICCADILLY Portrait powder printed reload Revolver rifle Royal 16mo saddle screw shells shot side skin soft species spirits sportsman Stories tent thick tion traveller tree trigger vide Plate volume W. S. GILBERT waterproof weather Westley Richards whilst wigwam wild wood yards
Passagens conhecidas
Página 37 - Roll of Battle Abbey; or, A List of the Principal Warriors who came over from Normandy with William the Conqueror, and Settled in this Country, AD 1066-7.
Página 28 - Magna Charta. An Exact Facsimile of the Original Document in the British Museum, printed on fine plate paper, nearly 3 feet long by 2 feet wide, with the Arms and Seals emblazoned in Gold and Colours. Price 5s. The Roll of Battle Abbey...
Página 15 - Emanuel On Diamonds and Precious Stones ; their History, Value, and Properties ; with Simple Tests for ascertaining their Reality. By HARRY EMANUEL, FRGS With numerous Illustrations, Tinted and Plain. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, js.
Página 9 - Broad Grins,'' " My Nightgown and Slippers," and other Humorous Works, Prose and Poetical, of GEORGE COLMAN. With Life by GB BUCKSTONE, and Frontispiece by HOGARTH. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 7s.
Página 4 - The Art of Amusing : A Collection of Graceful Arts, Games, Tricks, Puzzles, and Charades. By FRANK BELLEW.
Página 9 - Letters and Journals. With Notices of his Life. By THOMAS MOORE. A Reprint of the Original Edition, newly revised, Complete in One thick Volume, with Twelve full-page Plates. " We have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered...
Página 20 - German Popular Stories. Collected by the Brothers GRIMM, and Translated by EDGAR TAYLOR. Edited with an Introduction by JOHN RUSKIN. With 22 Illustrations after the inimitable designs of GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Both Series Complete.
Página 3 - Advertising, A History of, from the Earliest Times. Illustrated by Anecdotes, Curious Specimens, and Notices of Successful Advertisers. By HENRY SAMPSON. Crown 8vo, with Coloured Frontispiece and Illustrations, cloth gilt, 7s. 6d. Agony Column (The) of " The Times,
Página 16 - ENGLISH ROGUE (The), described in the Life of MERITON LATROON, and other Extravagants, comprehending the most Eminent Cheats of both Sexes. By RICHARD HEAD and FRANCIS KIRKMAN. A Facsimile Reprint of the rare Original Edition (1665-1672), with Frontispiece, Facsimiles of the 12 Copper-plates, and Portraits of the Authors.
Página 26 - Their Poems, Letters, and Remains. With Reminiscences and Notes by W. CAREW HAZLITT. With HANCOCK'S Portrait of the Essayist, Facsimiles of the Title-pages of the rare First Editions of Lamb's and Coleridge's Works, and numerous Illustrations. " Very many passages will delight those fond of literary trifles ; hardly any portion will fail in interest for lovers of Charles Lamb and his sister.