get a closeup look at the powerful and sometimes ingenious weapons that helped the colonies win the war. (Premiered April 9 at 9 pm on PBS) ...

I f seeing a musket turn a nice, ripe honeydew into fruit salad at 60 yards is your idea of fun, “Revolutionary War Weapons” may not be the show for you: What accomplishes the ...

"NOVA," PBS' award-winning documentary science series ... 69-caliber rounds en masse into another large group made for a lot of gruesome war wounds, as the colonial militia discovered at Lexington ...

The Lake Torpedo Boat Company had some World War I contracts but went out of business in 1924. Simon Lake received his first U.S. Navy contract. An inveterate tinkerer, Lake proved unable to keep ...

In an attempt to find an antidote to phosgene, a toxic gas used as a weapon during World War I, Nazi doctors exposed ... Peter Tyson is editor in chief of NOVA Online. Photos: (1) Hedy Epstein ...

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“Revolutionary War Weapons” may not be the show for you: What accomplishes the melon assassination in this “NOVA” presentation is actually a colonial-era long rifle, the point being the ...