Luftbøsse

International names:

Air-gun; windbüchse; Fusil á vent; sclopetum pneumaticum

Danish Instrument Inventory text:

Air gun with pump. Barrel L800, steel, octagonal square section. Fruitwood with ornamentation. Iron butt forms the air chamber; unscrews for charging by means of the pump, iron, Dia18 L480, bore Dia11.Signed: Lorenz in Wienc1790 (g)

• Category: Air
• Hauch number: G103x
• Inventory number: 2420
• Danish Instrument Inventory number: 1300

• Hauch references:
• Begynd.grund: §343
• Cabinet 1: 0

• Literature:
• Nollet, J. A.: 3,1042
• Sigaud de Lafond : 2,0505
• Martinus van Marum: 146

• Musschenbroek(1729) pl.XXIII fig.12

  Gehler(1787-96) IV p.769

  Gehler(1825-45) X p.2118-46

  Frick(1856) p.139-40