The reaction of the first troops to use the new weapon was overwhelmingly positive, and they requested that more MKb 42s be sent to the front immediately. Unfortunately, the entire program suddenly fell victim to that greatest of enemies to the German war effort: Adolf Hitler, who o...
' The starting pistol was invented byKarl Marx's sister Onya. Who is the first creator of gun? The first device identified as a gun, a bamboo tube that used gunpowder to fire a spear, appeared inChinaaround AD 1000. The Chinese had previously invented gunpowder in the 9th century. Best ...
For some time, the only real protections against firearm projectiles were masonry or natural barriers. At the end of 1800s and starting the twentieth century, silk body armor (the first bulletproof vest) was designed. It protected its wearer from low speed bullets (under 400 ft per second, ...
a medical equipment company founded by Homer Stryker in 1941. Homer was an orthopedic surgeon who invented several medical devices such as the groundbreaking Wedge Turning Frame, used for patients with challenged mobility during extended hospital stays. This invention helped medical professionals turn and...
For this I used an instrument called a comparison microscope, invented by Philip O. Gravelle. This is really two microscopes in one, fitted with prisms so arranged that when two objects are placed beneath, the left half of one and the right half of the other are center in the single eyep...
(August 16, 1894 – October 22, 1971), also known as Coozan Dud LeBlanc, was an American Democratic, Roman Catholic, and Cajun member of the Louisiana State Senate whose entrepreneurial talents netted him a fortune through the patent medicine he invented known as Hadacol. He is also ...