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h Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. ... An Arsenal is an establishment for the construction, repair, receipt, storage and issue of arms and ammunition. ...

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Image:View of the entrance to the Arsenal by Canaletto,t 1732.jpg
View of the Entrance to the Arsenal, by Canaletto, 1732.

An arsenal is an establishment for the construction, repair, storage and issue of weapons and ammunition. The word arsenal appears in various forms in Romanic languages (from which it has been adopted into Teutonic), i.e. Italian arzanale, Spanish arsenal, etc.; Italian also has arzana and darsena, and Spanish a longer form atarazanal. The word is of Arabic origin, being a corruption of daras-sina'ah, house of trade or manufacture, dar, house, al, the, and sina'ah, trade, manufacture (with jana'a, to make). Such guesses as arx navalis, naval citadel, arx senatus (i.e. of Venice, etc.), have been discounted. For the rest of Early Modern Europe, the Arsenal was the Venetian Arsenal. The Stonemasons Yard, painted 1726-30. ... A weapon is a tool used to kill or incapacitate a person or animal, or destroy a military target. ... Boxes of ammunition clog a warehouse in Baghdad Ammunition is a generic military term meaning (the assembly of) a projectile and its propellant. ... An Arx was a Roman citadel; the term was also used to refer to the northern hump of the two forming the Capitoline Hill of ancient Rome, where an arx once stood. ... The Porta Magna at the Venetian Arsenal The Venetian Arsenal (Italian: Arsenale di Venezia) is a shipyard and naval depot that played a leading role in Venetian empire-building. ...

Cannons and mortars of Napoleon's Army exhibited along the wall of the Kremlin Arsenal.
Cannons and mortars of Napoleon's Army exhibited along the wall of the Kremlin Arsenal.

A first-class arsenal, which can renew the materiel and equipment of a large army, embraces a gun factory, carriage factory, laboratory and small-arms ammunition factory, small-arms factory, harness, saddlery and tent factories, and a powder factory; in addition it must possess great store-houses. In a second-class arsenal the factories would be replaced by workshops. The situation of an arsenal should be governed by strategic considerations. If of the first class, it should be situated at the base of operations and supply, secure from attack, not too near a frontier, and placed so as to draw in readily the resources of the country. The importance of a large arsenal is such that its defences would be on the scale of those of a large fortress. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 1769 KB) Photo made by my brother, Alex Zelenko. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 1769 KB) Photo made by my brother, Alex Zelenko. ... Cannons and mortars of La Grande Armée are exhibited along the Arsenal wall. ... Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ...


The usual subdivision of branches in a great arsenal is into A, Storekeeping; B, Construction; C, Administration. Under A we should have the following departments and stores: Departments of issue and receipt, pattern room, armoury department, ordnance or park, harness, saddlery and accoutrements, camp equipment, tools and instruments, engineer store, timber yard, braking-up store, unserviceable store. Under B: Gun factory, carriage factory, laboratory, small-arms factory, harness and tent factory, powder factory, etc. In a second- class arsenal there would be workshops instead of these factories. C: Under the head of administration would be classed the chief director of the arsenal, officials military and civil, non-commissioned officers and military artificers, civilian foremen, workmen and laborers, with the clerks and writers necessary for the office work of the establishments. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


In the manufacturing branches are required skill, and efficient and economical work, both executive and administrative; in the storekeeping part, good arrangement, great care, thorough knowledge of all warlike stores, both in their active and passive state, and scrupulous exactness in the custody, issue and receipt of stores. Frederick Taylor introduced command and control techniques to arsenals. Frederick Winslow Taylor Frederick Winslow Taylor (March 20, 1856 to March 21, 1915) was an American mechanical engineer who sought to improve industrial efficiency. ... In the military: The exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission. ...


In England the Royal Arsenal (also known as the Woolwich Arsenal) manufactured and stored the requirements of the army and navy; some of its workers founded the London football club Arsenal F.C.. Other arsenals are: Warsaw Arsenal, Arsenal (Vienna) For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The Royal Arsenal, originally known as the Woolwich Arsenal, carried out armaments manufacture, ammunition proofing and explosives research. ... The Woolwich Arsenal was an armaments manufacturing facility on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south-east London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. ... Warsaw Arsenal (Polish: ) is a building of a military arsenal in Warsaw, Poland. ... Arsenal, Vienna (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum) courtyard of the Arsenal complex depots at the Arsenalstraße building at a corner of the complex The Arsenal is a former military complex of buildings in the south-east of Vienna in the third district. ...


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Arsenal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (519 words)
An arsenal is a establishment for the construction, repair, receipt, storage and issue of weapons and ammunition.
The importance of a large arsenal is such that its defences would be on the scale of those of a large fortress.
C: Under the head of administration would be classed the chief director of the arsenal, officials military and civil, non-commissioned officers and military artificers, civilian foremen, workmen and laborers, with the clerks and writers necessary for the office work of the establishments.
Arsenal F.C. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4354 words)
Arsenal were founded in Woolwich, south-east London, in 1886, but in 1913 they moved north across the city to Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, which was their home until May 2006.
Arsenal's longest-running and deepest rivalry is with their nearest major neighbour, Tottenham Hotspur, with matches between the two being referred to as North London derbies.
Arsenal's tally of thirteen League Championships is the third highest in English football, after Liverpool and Manchester United, while the total of ten FA Cups is the second highest, after Manchester United.
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