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Webley
Webley may refer to: * Webley & Scott or Webley, a British arms manufacturer ** Webley Revolver ** Webley Stinger, an air pistol ** .442 Webley revolver cartridge ** .455 Webley handgun cartridge ** .45 Webley, an 11 mm caliber revolver cartridge * Webley (company), a company providing speech-driven unified communications solutions People * Donald Martin Webley (1916–1990), British microbiologist * Emily Webley-Smith (born 1984), English professional tennis player * Big George (1957–2011), or George Webley, British musician, composer, bandleader, and broadcaster * Jason Webley (born 1974), American musician * Paul Webley (1953–2016), British scholar of economic psychology * Peter Webley (born 1942), English cricketer * Tom Webley (born 1983), English cricketer * Webley Edwards (1902–1977), World War II news correspondent and Hawaiian radio personality * Webley John Hauxhurst (1809–1874), pioneer in Oregon Country Fictional * Webley Webster, a character cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11 Mm Caliber
This is a list of firearm cartridges which have bullets in the to caliber In guns, particularly firearms, but not #As a measurement of length, artillery, where a different definition may apply, caliber (or calibre; sometimes abbreviated as "cal") is the specified nominal internal diameter of the gun barrel Gauge ( ... range. *''Length'' refers to the cartridge case length *''OAL'' refers to the overall length of the cartridge *''Bullet'' refers to the diameter of the bullet All measurements are in millimetres (with inches in parentheses). Pistol cartridges Revolver cartridges Rifle cartridges See also * .410 bore References {{Firearm cartridge calibers Pistol and rifle cartridges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webley Edwards
Webley Edwards (November 11, 1902 – October 5, 1977) was one of the leading World War II correspondents for CBS. Before and after WWII, he was a nationally syndicated radio host and, later in life, a Hawaiian state politician. Early life and education Edwards was the starting quarterback at Oregon State University for two seasons while also serving as the first student manager of the campus-based state public radio station (KOAC (AM)). Edwards was also an active member in the campus Phi Delta Theta journalism fraternity as a student. Career Initial radio career In 1928 Edwards relocated to Honolulu, Hawaii where he became an auto salesman and played for the Scotty Schuman's Town semi-professional football team. It was during this time he developed a keen interest in Native Hawaiian musical traditions. In 1935 he became a producer for a radio show which showcased authentic island music. The show, named ''Hawaii Calls'' debuted on July 3 of that year. The show struggled financ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webley & Scott
Webley & Scott is an arms manufacturer founded in Birmingham, England. Webley produced handguns and long guns from 1834 to 1979, when the company ceased to manufacture firearms and instead turned its attention to producing air pistols and air rifles. In 2010 Webley & Scott restarted the production of shotguns for commercial sale. Webley is famous for the Webley Revolver, revolvers and Semi-automatic pistol, automatic pistols it supplied to the British Empire's military, particularly the British Army, from 1887 through both World War I and World War II. History The Webley company was founded in the late 18th century by William Davies, who made bullet moulds. It was taken over in 1834 by his son-in-law, Philip Webley, who began producing percussion cap, percussion sporting guns. The manufacture of revolvers, for which the firm became famous, began twenty years later. Their first percussion revolver, Webley Longspur, entered production in 1853. Due heavy competition from Colt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Webley
Paul Webley CBE (19 November 1953 – 2 March 2016) was director and principal of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London from 2006 to 2015. From 2010 until his death in 2016, he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of London. He was a member of the editorial board of the '' Journal of Economic Psychology'' and a former president of the International Association for Research in Economic Psychology. Webley received his BSc and PhD from the London School of Economics. After a brief period at the University of Southampton he moved to the University of Exeter, where he remained for 26 years, rising from lecturer to professor of economic psychology. He was head of the Department and School of Psychology from 1993 to 2003, and from 2003 to 2006 he was one of the university's deputy vice-chancellors (Senior Deputy VC, 2005-6). His major research interests were economic socialization, the psychology of money, and the psychology of taxation, though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webley–Fosbery Automatic Revolver
The Webley–Fosbery Self-Cocking Automatic Revolver is a recoil-operated automatic revolver designed by Lieutenant Colonel George Vincent Fosbery VC and produced by the Webley & Scott company from 1901 to 1924. The revolver is easily recognisable by the zig-zag grooves on the cylinder. The handgun was offered in both .455 and .38 calibers and, somewhat unique for a revolver, features a manual thumb safety. History Semi-automatic pistols were just beginning to appear when Colonel Fosbery (1832–1907) devised a revolver that cocked the hammer and rotated the cylinder by sliding the action, cylinder and barrel assembly back on the frame. The prototype was a modified Colt Single Action Army revolver. However, Colt was uninterested in the automatic design. Fosbery patented his invention 16 August 1895 and further improvements were patented in June and October 1896. Fosbery took his design to P. Webley & Son of Birmingham. P. Webley & Son, which merged with W.C. Scott & Sons and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mars Automatic Pistol
The Mars Automatic Pistol, also sometimes known as the Webley-Mars, was a semi-automatic pistol developed in 1900 by the Englishman Hugh Gabbet-Fairfax and distributed by the Mars Automatic Pistol Syndicate Ltd. of Birmingham. It was manufactured first by Webley & Scott and later by small gunmakers in Birmingham and London. Manufacture ceased in 1907. The Mars Automatic Pistol is noted for being available in a variety of calibers: 8.5 mm, 9 mm and .45. These were all bottleneck cartridges with a large charge of powder, making the .45 version the most powerful handgun in the world for a time. It used a unique long recoil rotating bolt action which ejected spent cartridges straight to the rear, and the feed mechanism is unusual in that it pulls cartridges backwards out of the magazine and then lifts them up into the breech face. The Mars Automatic Pistol was rejected by the British War Office as a possible replacement for the Webley & Scott revolvers, then in service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob And Ray
Bob, BOB, or B.O.B. may refer to: People, fictional characters, and named animals *Bob (given name), a list of people and fictional characters *Bob (surname) *Bob (dog), a dog that received the Dickin Medal for bravery in World War II *Bob the Railway Dog, a part of South Australian Railways folklore Places *Mount Bob, New York, United States *Bob Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica Television, games, and radio *Bob (TV series), ''Bob'' (TV series), an American comedy series starring Bob Newhart *B.O.B. (video game), ''B.O.B.'' (video game), a side-scrolling shooter *Bob FM, on-air brand of a number of FM radio stations in North America Music Musicians and groups *B.o.B (born 1988), American rapper and record producer *Bob (band), a British indie pop band *The Bobs, an American a cappella group *Boyz on Block, a British pop supergroup Songs *B.O.B (song), "B.O.B" (song), by OutKast *Bob ("Weird Al" Yankovic song), "Bob" ("Weird Al" Yankovic song), from the 2003 album ''Poo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webley John Hauxhurst
Webley John Hauxhurst Jr. (January 23, 1809 – January 23, 1874) was a pioneer in Oregon Country. He helped build the first grist mill in Oregon, participated in the Willamette Cattle Company, and was a participant at the Champoeg meeting where he voted for the creation of a provisional government. Early life Hauxhurst was born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 23, 1809, to Quaker parents.Corning, Howard M. (1989) ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 109. As a young man he became a sailor, and later deserted his ship while in California. He spent three years there in Monterey, California working as a carpenter before leaving. Oregon Webley John Hauxhurst traveled to Oregon Country in 1834. He came with Ewing Young and Hall J. Kelley from California, arriving at Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River on October 17. The next year, 1835, he helped to build the first grist mill in the Willamette Valley to mill grain. This mill he would later sell to Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Webley
Thomas Webley (born 2 March 1983) is an English cricketer. Webley is a left-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. Born in Bristol before moving to the village of Corfe Mullen in Dorset, Webley had been educated at King's College, a boarding school in Taunton, Somerset. In 1999 he first appeared for the Somerset Second XI in the Second Eleven Championship. In 2001, Webley was selected to represent the Somerset Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and as a result he made his debut in List A cricket against Wales Minor Counties, following this up the next season with his second List A appearance, which was to be the last of his career, against Cornwall in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. Taking up education at Anglia University, given its proximity to Cambridge resulted in Webley appearing for Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, for which he made his debut in first-class cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Webley
Peter John Webley (18 July 1942 – 26 November 2023) was an English cricketer. Webley was a left-handed batsman who bowled leg breaks and the googly. He was born in Luton, Bedfordshire. Webley made his debut for Bedfordshire against Cambridgeshire in the 1967 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1967 to 1975, making 36 Minor Counties Championship appearances. He made his only List A appearance against Essex Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the ... in the 1971 Gillette Cup. In this match, he scored 4 runs before being dismissed by John Lever, with Essex winning by 97 runs. References External links * 1942 births 2023 deaths Cricketers from Luton English cricketers Bedfordshire cricketers 20th-century English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Webley
Jason Webley is an American musician known for his fusion of folk, experimental, and alternative music. Webley plays the guitar and accordion, sometimes providing percussion by stomping or shaking a plastic vodka bottle filled with coins. Webley began his career performing solo, but has collaborated with a wide range of artists. He has also organized several commemorative concerts and events memorializing everything from tragedies in his hometown of Everett, Washington, to tomatoes. Early life Webley is originally from Everett, Washington. In high school, Webley played in a punk rock band called Moral Minority. He picked up the accordion in 1996 in his last year in college at the University of Washington when he was part of a performance of Bertolt Brecht's play ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle'', and wrote a couple of songs for the play on the accordion. He later recalled, "I was just a geeky kid; accordion came later. It's since playing accordion that I've become cool. I used to be a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webley Revolver
The Webley Revolver (also known as the Webley Top-Break Revolver or Webley Self-Extracting Revolver) was, in various Mark (designation), designations, a standard issue service pistol, service revolver for the armed forces of the United Kingdom, and countries of the British Empire, from 1887 to 1963. The Webley is a Break-action, top-break revolver and breaking the revolver operates the extractor (firearms), extractor, which removes cartridge (firearms), cartridges from the cylinder (firearms), cylinder. The Webley Mk I service revolver was adopted in 1887 and the Mk IV rose to prominence during the Second Boer War, Boer War of 1899–1902. The Mk VI was introduced in 1915, during wartime, and is the best-known model. Firing large .455 Webley cartridges, Webley service revolvers are among the most powerful top-break revolvers produced. The .455 calibre Webley is no longer in military service. , the .38/200 Webley Mk IV variant was still in use as a police sidearm in a number of co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
