Stories
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Duelling doctors
An enduring enthusiasm for 18th-century gentlemen to defend their ‘honour’ by duelling placed doctors in a delicate position. Specially when they faced being shot themselves.
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Surviving sex work on the streets
In care at four, on the streets at nine, Charmaine has had a traumatic journey to reach life as it is now: no drugs, no sex work, looking after her mum, and enjoying her grandchildren. Here she writes honestly about her past.
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Official dispensation exempting Cheyne from a certificate for firearms held as souvenirs of the Boer War
Date: 1920Reference: MS.7796/11Part of: Cheyne, Sir William Watson F.R.S., M.P. (1852-1932), bacteriologist and surgeon- Books
On the weapons, army organisation and political maxims of the ancient Hindus : with special reference to gunpowder and firearms / by Gustav Oppert.
Oppert, Gustav Salomon, 1836-1908.Date: 1967- Archives and manuscripts
Draft or copy of letter, 13 March 1770, from Mr. North(?) in London to his kinsman, Mr. R.N., at Providence Town, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, re prohibition of export of firearms to America
Date: 1770Reference: RAMC/632/1Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection
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Percussion caps for shooting in schools.
Brunton, Thomas Lauder, Sir, 1844-1916.Date: 1906- Books
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The sportsman's directory: or, tractate on gunpowder, founded on a series of experiments: together with some remarks and suggestions on fire-arms. Containing, I. The advantage of small-grained powder. II. The most simple and perfect method of proving its strength. III. The unnecessary expenditure of Government powder. IV. Advantages of a Marine corps of Artillery. V. Cannon and carronades formed contrary to mechanical principles. VI. The principle on which guns burst. Vii. Muskets extremely defective. Viii. The principle of rifle barrels mistaken. IX. Choice of guns for the sportsman, with many useful instructions on the art of shooting flying. X. On Pistols-Outlines of Duelling. To which is added, a table of gun barrels, for the Use of Sportsmen, with their proper Charges and Killing Distances. By George Montagu, Esq.
Montagu, George, 1751-1815.Date: M.DCC.XCII. [1792]