Spencer Ackerman
One solution used in magnum-level rounds was “front ignition”. That is, a tube running from the primer pocket up to the top of the powder column (i.e., about 1/3 of the way from the casehead to the back end of the bullet) to conduct primer flame to the forward end of the po...
Are you then come to such a point of enervation that you take pleasure only in your own happiness? If so, let us away to those countries that are the emblem of death. I have it, poor soul, we will pack for Torneo. Let us go father still, to the far end of the Baltic, still f...
“It’s going to be a lot more of audience,” said Mr. Strebler about the show. “For example, I’m going to have a random spectator fire a paint ball and I’ll catch it in my teeth.” The Paint Ball Catch is in the spirit of his now-famous effect, The Bullet Catch. The you...
Scryfall runs the Tagger project, which allows Scryfall supporters in the community to tag the artwork and functional pieces of each Magic card. We import these tags daily, and you can search for them on Scryfall.You can use art:, atag:, or arttag: to find things in a card’s ...
"We are wiser than he, however," muttered General Clock, "for by running away we are now able to assist Your Majesty in conquering the world; whereas, had Files been eaten by the Rak, he would have deserted your Army."After a brief rest they descended into the valley, and as soon ...
they would ask themselves, "save in the clemency of the General, the mysterious, invincible General, of whom men tell such romantic tales?" And the army would march in, and the guns would rattle and leap along the village street, and, last of all, you--you, the General, the fabled ...
Back in Valladolid, Charles declared a general pardon on November 1. The pardon gave amnesty to everyone involved in the revolt with the exception of 293 comuneros, a small figure given the huge number of rebels. Both Pacheco and Bishop Acu\u00f1a were among the 293 excluded from the ...
The creative thought—the germ thought from which a larger growth is to come, flies through his brain like a bullet. He is surprised at his own idea, with no conscious sense of having originated it. And here we have a man, with all other brain functions paralyzed, producing this ...