 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research Home
 Tools Art & Architecture Thesaurus Full Record Display
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Click the  icon to view the hierarchy. |
|
|
bellows guns (air guns, <projectile launchers with nonexplosive propellant>, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
|
Note: Air guns having a pair of flat bellows in the butt which are squeezed together by a spring or springs when the trigger is pressed, producing a strong blast of air to propel the projectile. They were popular in southern Germany and Austria in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
|
| Terms: |
|
| bellows guns (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
|
| bellows guns (Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
|
| bellows guns (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
|
| bellows gun (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
|
| bellows gun (Spanish,AD,U,U)
|
| bellows gun (Dutch,AD,U,U)
|
| air guns, bellows (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
|
| bellows air guns (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
|
| guns, bellows (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
|
| guns, bellows air (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
|
| fusil à soufflet (C,U,French-P,AD,U,MSN)
|
|
Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TK |
Hierarchical Position:
|
|
|
Objects Facet |
|
|
.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
|
|
........ Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name) (G) |
|
|
............ weapons (G) |
|
|
................ projectile weapons (G) |
|
|
.................... <projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant> (G) |
|
|
........................ <projectile launchers with nonexplosive propellant> (G) |
|
|
............................ air guns (G) |
|
|
................................ bellows guns (G) |
Additional Notes: |
|
| Dutch ..... Luchtgeweren met een platte blaasbalg in de kolf die wordt samengeperst door een veer of veren wanneer de trekker wordt overgehaald, zodat er een sterke luchtstoot wordt geproduceerd om het projectiel voort te stuwen. Ze kwamen veel voor in het zuiden van Duitsland en Oostenrijk in de 18e en vroege 19e eeuw. |
| Spanish ..... Armas de aire que tienen un par de fuelles planos en la culata que se pliegan mediante un resorte o resortes cuando se aprieta el gatillo, produciendo una fuerte explosión de aire que lanza el proyectil. Fueron populares en el sur de Alemania y Austria en el siglo XVIII y comienzos del siglo XIX. |
|
Sources and Contributors: |
|
| bellows air guns............ |
[VP] |
| ............................. |
Personal Communication Walter Karcheski, Higgins Armory Museum, Nov. '91. |
|
|
