Progress of Artillery
Anon
Genre: | Reportage, Drollery |
Subjects: | Military Technology, Progress |
People mentioned: | Joseph Whitworth |
Reports that the Whitworth 80-pound gun can, under the most 'favourable circumstances', only 'snuff a candle at the distance of ten miles'. | |
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