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Another marvel from medical (or is it dental) science! With weapons like these, the cost of war will be too devasting and nations will resort to diplomacy instead of war.
DAILY CONSTITUTIONALIST [AUGUSTA, GA], April 12, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
A New Weapon.
The Marion (N. C.) Express says that Dr. J. G. Patterson, of that place has invented a pistol which may be regarded as the ne plus ultra of revolvers. The editor says:
It is a twenty-four shooter, constructed upon so neat a plan, that we can carry it in our vest pocket, with little inconvenience. It has two tiars [sic] of tubes with twelve tubes in each tier, and so arranged that all the chambers can be fired without halting, except to depress the barrel, which is done in an instant, preparatory to the discharge of the second circle of chambers.
The Doctor has determined to put up a rifle on the same plan, which in the absence of cannon, could never be conquered. Each soldier might carry two or three loaded cylinders in his pocket, and when one round of 24 shots was fired, he could attach another cylinder in a moment, and continue his firing.