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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread gatling #124665 03/05/2004 8:59 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 The Gatling gun, the forerunner of the machinegun,was a dozen or more gun barrels mounted on a rotary "cylinder" that could fire the guns in rapid succession. Interesting that the inventor's name is that of a very old bit of armor: Gatlings: The small joint defense on a finger gauntlet, usually attached to a leather or canvas base by sewing or by rivets. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gatling #124666 03/05/2004 11:32 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I found a picture of a gatling gun. I was wrong, only six barrels. Scroll down half way: http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:0aB63bHIj3UJ:www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/ryn/projects/inventors/gatling/gatling.html+picture+Gatling+gun&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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