Punch,  38 (1860), 139.

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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