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August 25, 1831
Virginia Free Press & Farmers' Repository
Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Trial in Paris of M. Perrault's new air gun invention from Rouen, demonstrated before military officers; fires 500 balls per minute, portable, highly destructive.
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OCR Quality
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A New Air Gun.—A trial of a new air gun, the invention of M. Perrault, Rouen, was made last week in Paris, in the presence of Lieut. General Pelet and several General and superior Officers of Artillery. This terrible instrument of destruction is mounted on rollers or little carriages. Three guns can be fitted on one carriage and each pointed in a different direction. They are discharged by means of a wheel, which an infant would be able to move. Each cannon fires off five hundred balls a minute, and 5000 balls can be discharged without its being necessary to get a fresh supply of compressed air. All the apparatus required for the three cannons can be carried by one horse. A battery of those guns to an indefinite length may be formed, and their effects upon a mass would be to cut them through as a saw does a plank.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Air Gun
Invention
Perrault
Paris Trial
Military Demonstration
Artillery
Compressed Air
What entities or persons were involved?
M. Perrault
Lieut. General Pelet
Where did it happen?
Paris
Story Details
Key Persons
M. Perrault
Lieut. General Pelet
Location
Paris
Event Date
Last Week
Story Details
Trial of M. Perrault's new air gun in Paris before military officers; mounted on carriages, fires 500 balls per minute, portable by one horse, highly destructive against masses.