Punch,  36 (1859), 108.

A Prophetic Shot at Long-range

Anon

Genre:

Notes, Drollery

Subjects:

Engineers, Invention, Military Technology, Patronage, Heroism


    Argues that 'an insane Shakesperian student' insists that William G Armstrong's knighthood is 'foreshadowed' in the Bard's lines, 'It is the sport to see the Engineer / Hoist with his own petard—'.



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