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REID, ALEXANDER JOHN FORSYTH The Reverend Alexander John Forsyth and His Invention of the Percussion Lock
Aberdeen University Press. 1955. Hardcover. Book, Six plates. N.p.: Aberdeen University Press, 1955. Reprint of the 1909 first edition, containing revisions by the author. Brief, provocative history of the invention, in 1805, by the Reverened Forsyth of the percussion lock, an important technical innovation in firing mechanisms that permitted gun powder to ignite without the dangerous flash produced by early flintlocks. Tan cloth binding, with blue lettering. Ink stamp to the front pastedown, with a bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. A crisp and clean, very good copy. Very Good.
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