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Scientific American, Vol. 81, No. 6 (1899) (1899)

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n sins, Long before the terial which was purchased in England in the early disengages the breech-block, which is at once closed by time of Mahomet, the Kaaba was a place of worship part of last year, when hostilities were threatening. aspring. The gain in time occurs through the sub- for the… … to Five Fingers, and is progress- Maxim-Vickers Company. It is ing so rapidly that it is believed a gun whichin the rapidity of its that messages can be sent over firecomes midway between the ordinary rapid-fire type of the breech. It is not likely that this type of gun the line to Dawson City by…

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