Puckle
[pʌkl]
Examples
- In the British patent to Puckle, No. 418, of 1718, is shown and described a well-constructed revolver carried on a tripod, and of the dimensions of the modern machine gun. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- History is silent as to whether Mr. Puckle's patent was put in practice, but it contained the germs of some modern inventions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It would not do to conclude this sketch of antique cannon and fire-arms without referring to Puckle's celebrated English patent No. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The earliest patent for repeating fire-arms in this country was obtained by James Puckle, in 1718, for a gun with a rotating breech. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The idea of _Machine Guns_, or _Mitrailleuses_, was not a new one, as we have seen from Puckle's celebrated patent of 1718. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Puckle's Celebrated Breech-Loading Cannon Patent, and Christian and Turk Bullets. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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