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The 1718 gun with square bullets to convince the Turks of Christian civilization

In 1718, British inventor James Puckle patented what may have been the world's first machine gun - a tripod-mounted, ...
The New York Times

PEACE-COMPELLING GUNS.; AN AMERICAN INVENTION TO THE FRONT. POINTS ABOUT THE NEW RAPID-FIRE GUN WHICH STOOD THE OFFICIAL TEST AT ANNAPOLIS.

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