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  <dc:title>Paper, 'A description of some cannons of a particular contrivance' by Monsieur [Isaac] de la Chaumette</dc:title>
  <dc:description>De la Chaumette describes four modifications to cannons, including a modification that increases the efficacy of cannons with vent holes. He also describes an invention for a new powder flask and a new method of fastening a bayonet to a musket. Includes one page of illustrations.

Subject: Engineering / Weaponry

Read to the Royal Society on 28 February 1723</dc:description>
  <dc:date>[1723]</dc:date>
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