Punch,  51 (1866), 182.

A Cool Idea

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Military Technology, War, Heat, Language


    Reports on recent experiments on 'chilled projectiles' (a reference to William Palliser's celebrated 'shot'), which have proved 'prodigiously destructive'. Suggests that these properties will force gunners to abandon their phrase 'give it to him hot' when enemies loom into view.



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