Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 451
of the casing, and they drop inand fit themselves in the barrels. Another turnsa crank which revolves and thereby operatesthe mechanism inside, so that as each barrelcomes underneath, it is discharged, and theempty cartridge-shell thrown out. When the manturns the crank twice around he has… … BALISTAE. in one plane, instead of mounted together in cylin-drical form as in the Gatling. But the most won-derful gun of all is the Maxim gun. This isactually a weapon that loads and shoots by itself.Think of how astonished the ancients would havebeen if suddenly confronted with one of…
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