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Author Name: Dr. John M. Hyson Jr. & Margaret Requa DeFrancisco
Title: HISTORICAL ARMS SERIES: #40 - DR. JOSEPHUS REQUA, CIVIL WAR DENTIST & THE BILLINGHURST-REQUA VOLLEY GUN
Binding: Paperback
Type: BOOK
Publisher: Museum Restoration Service
Seller ID: 1295264
This series of authoritative, well-illustrated booklets, which will cover sporting & military arms, will have new titles added from time to time. The Billinghurst-Requa battery gun predates the Gatling Gun & for this reason it is considered to be the first practical machine gun used in the war. This is the story of the man, the gun, & its use during the Civil War. 33 illus; 36 pgs. MAX DISCOUNT: 35%.
'Dr. Requa, who from 1849 to 1853 served an apprenticeship in the gunmaking trade under William Billinghurst or Rochester, N.Y., changed professions to become a successful Dentist. In 1862, along with Billinghurst, he patented the multi-barrel volley gun which bears his name & offered it to President Lincoln. The Billinghurst-Requa battery gun predates the Gatling Gun & for this reason it is considered to be the first practical machine gun used in the war. This is the story of the man, the gun, the Batteries raised to man it, and its use during the Civil War.
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