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What Didn't "Centrifugal Guns" Work?
Centrifugal Guns are class of weapons that flowered in 19th Century America. The idea was that by using man-power or steam engines one could rotate projectiles and fling them out upon an enemy with s… more →
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What Didn't "Centrifugal Guns" Work?
secondmdus wrote 1 year ago: Centrifugal Guns are class of weapons that flowered in 19th Century America. The idea was that by u … more →
Lombard Centrifugal Gun (WW1)
secondmdus wrote 1 year ago: This link points to a photo and some period news stories regarding a WW1 period Centrifugal Gun … more →
Rude's Steam Gun (1861)
secondmdus wrote 1 year ago: Readers of the August 10, 1861 Portland (Maine) Daily Advertiser learned of yet another steam gun … more →
Albert Pott’s Centrifugal Battery (1857)
secondmdus wrote 1 year ago: Albert Pott’s Centrifugal Battery Albert Potts of Philadelphia received a patent for his Centrifugal … more →
The McCarty Centrifugal Gun
secondmdus wrote 1 year ago: A side view, top down view, and image of the propelling arm of the McCarty gun. August 1828 found Ro … more →
Benjamin Reynold's Centrifugal Gun (1830s)
secondmdus wrote 1 year ago: Benjamin Reynolds of Kinderhook, NY invented a Centrifugal gun in the late 1830s. His device was ope … more →
The Winans Steam Gun (1861) 0n Mythbusters in 2007
secondmdus wrote 1 year ago: By John Lamb The “Winans” Steam gun aka the Baltimore Steam Battery, the Baltimore Steam … more →
