A Great Gun and a Little One
Anon
Genre: | Notes, Drollery |
Subjects: | Military Technology, Politics, Government |
Thinks the main difference between William G Armstrong's 'twelve-pounder' and Lord John Russell's 'six-pounder' is that, although 'the first is not a Whit-worth [a reference to gun manufacturer Joseph Whitworth] / The second is not Worth-a-whit'. | |
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