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Scientific American, Vol. 15, No. 14 (1866) (1866)

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om or gaff, to be con- lets. Thisis the case at Colt’s pistol factory and veniently removed and rep.aced by another, without Sharps’s rifle works, The bullets are cast in metallic injuring or removing any other portion. The jaws molds with lead at a high heat. Each bullet, when are bolted to the… … will be seen by practi- cal navigators and sea- men. rejected. Thisis not determined by weighing, but It was patented May 1, 1866, by Alfred Manning, simply by handling the balls, long experience ena- Fair Haven, Conn., to whom all letters on the sub- bling the workman to detect at once those which…

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