Original U.S. Civil War Spherical 32-pounder Case Shot Cannon Ball Fusee Spring & Cover Ammunition Type: Ball / shot

Ammunition Type: Ball / shot & Powder

Newspaper reports state that Bainbridge himself always carried a revolver during this period so we speculate that this small Colt was most likely Mary Bainbridge's gun

a memento of the Victorian Empire with plenty of research potential

it worked so well that Schermuly’s grandson was often used in its firing demonstrations at only 8-years old

the aircraft was now in a steep glide which enabled it to pick up substantial air speed

Original U.S. Civil War Spherical 32-pounder Case Shot Cannon Ball Fusee Spring & Cover Ammunition Type: Ball / shotOriginal Item: Only One Available. Originally, 32 pounders had been employed almost exclusively aboard large European warships or in coastal fortifications, as their size and weight made them difficult to move overland with the limited means of locomotion then available. At the beginning of the 19th Century, Britains Royal Navy featured 32 pounder long guns weighing 5,500 pounds apiece and measuring nine and a half feet in length, as the main armament