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Scientific American, Vol. 21, No. 24 (1869) (1869)
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he gun itself, carrying a small line ‘of about 100 yards. Mr.Forbes writes that he saw at Vin cennes an arrow of the size of a handspike, thrown from a common 4-pound rifle field-gun, about 300 yards. Across the outer end of the arrow, when it started, were two tough iron straight bolts, 1-2 an… … same purpose, is quite another matter. © 1869 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INC.Internet Archive · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
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