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  2. Forgotten Weapons - Wikipedia

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    McCollum often borrows the firearms from auction houses, most commonly the Rock Island Auction and Morphy Auctions. He has also written books and articles for Popular Mechanics on the topic of firearms. Platforms. McCollum avoids political topics in favor of exclusively covering technical topics and history.

  3. Paul Morphy - Wikipedia

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    Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 – July 10, 1884) was an American chess player. During his brief career in the late 1850s Morphy was acknowledged as the world's greatest chess master . A prodigy, Morphy emerged onto the chess scene in 1857 by convincingly winning the First American Chess Congress, winning each match by a large margin.

  4. Diamond Comic Distributors - Wikipedia

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    DiamondComics.com. Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. (often called Diamond Comics, DCD, or casually Diamond) is an American comic book distributor serving retailers in North America and worldwide. They transport comic books and graphic novels, as well as other popular culture products such as toys, games, and apparel from comic book publishers ...

  5. Frank B. A. Linton - Wikipedia

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    Frank Benton Ashley Linton (February 26, 1871, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 13, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American portrait-painter and teacher. He was a student of Thomas Eakins, studied the École des Beaux-Arts, and won a bronze medal at the 1927 Salon Nationale in Paris. [a] Likely a closeted gay man, he lived with ...

  6. Whitworth rifle - Wikipedia

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    Muzzle-loaded. Sights. Classic iron sights, Scope. The Whitworth rifle was an English-made percussion rifle used in the latter half of the 19th century. A single-shot muzzleloader with excellent long-range accuracy for its era, especially when used with a telescopic sight, the Whitworth rifle was widely regarded as the world's first sniper rifle.

  7. Opera Game - Wikipedia

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    Opera Game. The Opera Game was an 1858 chess game, played at an opera house in Paris. The American master Paul Morphy played against two strong amateurs: the German noble Karl II, Duke of Brunswick, and the French aristocrat Comte Isouard de Vauvenargues. It was played as a consultation game, with Duke Karl and Count Isouard jointly deciding ...

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