Knox, knoxx, knocks form - questions
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Although frequently misspelled "Knox", the historically correct term is actually "Nock's form".
This is from a description of all steps in the production of a Martini-Henry military rifle in the "Gunmaking" treatise in an 1890 edition of The Encyclopaedia Britannica:
The feature was purportedly a development of the prominent 18th Century British gunmaker Henry Nock .... http://www.acant.org.au/Articles/NocksForm.html
This is from a description of all steps in the production of a Martini-Henry military rifle in the "Gunmaking" treatise in an 1890 edition of The Encyclopaedia Britannica:
The feature was purportedly a development of the prominent 18th Century British gunmaker Henry Nock .... http://www.acant.org.au/Articles/NocksForm.html
Invented by Henry Nock, gunmaker.
Whoops, asleep at the wheel, Grant already nailed it.
Whoops, asleep at the wheel, Grant already nailed it.
GrantR is a wealth of information! And he's willing to share! 
A Nock's form it is.
A Nock's form it is.
.... and you will remain forever in ignorance, with such an attitude ....
Change it back, or disable auto correct!
