拍品專文
For details of the two Kolbes see Blackmore, op. cit., pp. 41-63
Kolbe air guns of this type were made in small numbers (the highest recorded serial number is 54), the finest being the magnificent silver-mounted example in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no. M. 494-1894), believed to have been made for King George II, and doubtless Kolbe's masterpiece
An engraved diagram of Kolbe's invention is to be found in John Desaguliers, A Course of Experimental Philosophy, plate XXIV (see illustration)
Kolbe air guns of this type were made in small numbers (the highest recorded serial number is 54), the finest being the magnificent silver-mounted example in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no. M. 494-1894), believed to have been made for King George II, and doubtless Kolbe's masterpiece
An engraved diagram of Kolbe's invention is to be found in John Desaguliers, A Course of Experimental Philosophy, plate XXIV (see illustration)