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Air-Gun
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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A gun in which the force employed to propel the bullet is the elasticity of compressed atmospheric air. It has attached to it, or constructed in it, a reservoir of compressed air, a portion of which, liberated into the space behind the bullet when the trigger is pulled, propels the bullet from the barrel by its expansion. The common forms of air-gun, which are merely toys, are charged by compressing a spiral spring, one end of which forms a piston working in a cylinder; when released by a pull on the trigger, this spring expands, and the air forced out in front of it propels the bullet. Air-guns of this kind are sometimes made to resemble walking-sticks and are then known as air-canes.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Air-Gun'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/air-gun.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Air-Gun'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/air-gun.html. 1910.
