Punch,  38 (1860), 98.

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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