Initially the victims were killed with gas vans or by firing squad, but these methods proved impracticable for an operation of this scale.

The development of the kiln from a simple earthen trench filled with pots and fuel, pit firing, to modern methods happened in stages.

Unlike the conventional warfare methods of firing artillery into a coordinate location, the SEALs operated within inches of their targets.

The guillotine and the firing squad were the legal methods of execution during the German Empire ( 1871 – 1918 ) and the Weimar Republic ( 1919 – 1933 ).

In the 18th century, improvements in ammunition and firing methods allowed rifling to be practical for military use, and the term " rifled gun " gave way to " rifle ".

At the time, Utah had two methods of execution — firing squad or hanging.

For another account of Bonner's firing, " The Truth of El Mozote ," The New Yorker, by Mark Danner: " According to Rosenthal, Bonner was removed because he had never been fully trained in the Times ' particular methods.

" The Commission was not happy with the methods used for killing the rebels, so soon after this " more normal firing squads supplemented the guillotine.

The " manuel de tir " for field-artillery is the résumé of the methods used to regulate the actual firing of ordnance on the battle-field ; this shooting never takes place during the grand maneuvers in September but only during the " écoles à feu ," which begin in May and finish in August.

Demonstrations included pot formation, decoration and firing methods.

His inventive streak led him to spend hours designing a new duplex bicycle gear and also lured him into complex studies of the chemistry of glazes, methods of firing, and pattern transfer.

The legal methods of execution are hanging, firing squad, stoning, beheading, and throwing from a height.

The Alert presents five case reports that document lead and noise exposures and examines firing range operations, exposure assessment and control methods, existing regulations, and exposure standards and guidelines.

) His character was memorable for his unique methods of laying employees off, almost always " firing Johnson ", the most common last name of the to-be-fired workers.

Using this indirect method of tooth restoration allows use of strong restorative materials requiring time consuming fabrication methods requiring intense heat, such as casting metal or firing porcelain which would not be possible to complete inside the mouth.

While firing guns cannot escape sound-ranging and radar detection, concealment and deception can reduce the likelihood of discovery from other methods.

Phillips and Mătăsăreanu are believed to have robbed two other banks using virtually identical methods by taking control of the entire bank and firing automatic weapons for control and entry past ' bullet-proof ' security doors, and are possible suspects in two armored vehicle robberies.

Highway repeatedly clashes with Powers and Staff Sergeant Webster ( Moses Gunn ) over his unorthodox training methods ( such as firing live ammunition from an AK-47 over his men's heads to familiarize them with the weapon's distinctive sound ); Powers makes it clear that he views Highway's platoon as only a training tool for his own elite outfit.

Despite the refining process, white glazes invariably vary as a result of the properties of the clay itself ; firing methods were not uniform, temperatures varied and glazes on pieces vary from pure white, in an almost snowy thickness, through milky white that shows the clay beneath deliberately in washed glaze, to light blue and light yellow patinas.

Depending on the raw materials and firing methods used, hard-paste porcelain can also resemble stoneware or earthenware.

Other improvised methods used by the Israelis to defeat the Saggers involved firing in front of the tank to create dust, moving back and forth and firing at the source of Sagger fire These Israeli tactics were later adopted by NATO forces to counter the threat posed by Warsaw Pact ATGMs

Before then, effectiveness of muzzleloaders was hindered by both the low reloading speed and, before the firing mechanism was perfected, the very high risk posed by the firearm to the person attempting to fire it.

Eventually, the " rapid " firing mechanism was perfected and miniaturized to the extent that either the recoil of the firearm or the gas pressure from firing could be used to operate it, thus the operator needed only to pull a trigger ( which made the firing mechanisms truly " automatic ").

The term " automatic pistol " is sometimes used and is somewhat misleading in that the term ' automatic ' does not refer to the firing mechanism, but rather the reloading mechanism.

Usually ( but not always ) the firing mechanism is automatically cocked as well.

Manipulation of the bolt or the lever causes the spent cartridge to be removed, the firing mechanism recocked, and a fresh cartridge inserted.

Each barrel had its own firing mechanism.

The innovative features of the Gatling gun were its independent firing mechanism for each barrel and the simultaneous action of the locks, barrels, carrier and breech.

* firing mechanism or other device ( including anti-handling devices )

After falling for 44. 4 seconds, the time and barometric triggers started the firing mechanism.

Releasing the trigger resets the trigger mechanism by engaging a sear so the weapon stops firing with bolt carrier fully at the rear.

* An externally actuated machine gun uses an external power source, such as an electric motor or even a hand crank to move its mechanism through the firing sequence.

It is externally powered by an electric motor ( seen on top ) that powers the loading, priming, and firing mechanism.

Revolving rifles were an attempt to increase the rate of fire of rifles by combining them with the revolving firing mechanism that had been developed earlier for revolving pistols.

A revolver works by having several firing chambers arranged in a circle in a cylindrical block that are brought into alignment with the firing mechanism and barrel one at a time.

In contrast, other repeating firearms, such as lever-action, pump-action, and semi-automatic, have a single firing chamber and a mechanism to load and extract cartridges into it.

The first meaning is as the term was used in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century, when " automatic revolver " referred not to the operational mechanism of firing, but of extraction.

In the second sense, " automatic revolver " refers to the mechanism of firing.

After firing a shot, the user would raise his pistol vertically as he cocked the hammer back so as to let the fragments of the percussion cap fall out and not jam the mechanism.

The persistent firing of certain neurons in the delay period of working memory tasks shows that the brain has a mechanism of keeping representations active without external input.

* Trigger ( firearms ), a mechanism that actuates the firing of firearms

His invention of a fulminate-primed firing mechanism deprived the birds of their early warning system, both by avoiding the initial puff of smoke from the flintlock powder pan, as well as shortening the interval between the trigger pull and the shot leaving the muzzle.