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- Sword (24928 bytes)
10: ...early [[2nd millennium BC]]. The hilt at first simply allowed a firm grip, and prevented the hand from...
20: ...nd from this time, the term "[[long sword]]" is applied to swords comparatively long for their respect...
26: [[Image:Spatha.jpg|thumb|replica of a Roman Spatha]]
34: ...of its ability to thrust into the gaps in-between plates of armor.The grip was sometimes wrapped in wi...
36: ...es (mostly due to the beginning of the decline of plate armor and the advent of firearms), and the ear... - Flying shuttle (5068 bytes)
5: ...ng)|beater]] pulled forward to push the weft into place. This action (called a "pick") requires a lot ...
10: ...n the shed is closed and the beater is used to complete the pick as before. The operator does not need...
12: ...lied with pirns of weft thread, a job that was simplified with the invention of the [[Northrop Loom]],...
17: ...ries sustained, and in several instances (for example, an extended exchange in 1901) the [[House of Co...
20: ...tia limited the speed of the loom. Projectile and rapier looms eliminated the need to take the bobbin/pirn... - Fencing (20753 bytes)
3: ... to refer to the European [[martial art]] of swordplay, Olympic [[sport]]-fencing, stage-fencing or [[...
7: ...of using the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century [[rapier]] and the seventeenth-and-eighteenth century [[sm...
15: The effects of this split, however, have manifested only slowly since ini...
19: ... as ''[[grand canne]]'', ''[[Main gauche]]'' or [[rapier]]-and-[[dagger]], being taught.
24: ... become antiquated due to the amount of torque it places on the wrist. The pistol grip (otherwise know...
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