[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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