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Infernal Machine

1860s newsprint

Daily Gazette & Comet [Baton Rouge, LA], August 8, 1860

An infernal machine, called the centrifugal gun, is on exhibition at Columbus, Ohio, which will throw five hundred balls a minute, with the force of an ordinary rifle, without the aid of powder or cap, by merely turning a crank like a coffee mill.

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