Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 91.

[Experiment with Jacob Perkins's Steam Artillery]

Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Military Technology, Steam-power, Government, Patronage, Invention, Cultural Geography


    'An experiment has already been made with Mr. Perkins' steam artillery, which he is constructing for the French government. Quere, what would be the odds on the inventer's [sic] head were he in Constantinople?'



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