Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VIII.: Peter Hawker

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205. HAWKER, Col. PETER, Longparish House, near Vaitchurch, Hants — Inventor.

A stanchion gun, with improved waterproof ignition; forged and stocked on a new principle: intended to supersede patent breechings.

Model of a two-handed punt, containing double stanchion gun, gear, etc., for wild-fowl shooting, and mounted on the carriage to convey it by land.

Model of a two-handed punt for a single gun.


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