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Show I 't rie 50 YN i ON SHiELD. M to Be Ketter Than Ilerr Dowe'i BB$ Proof Cuirass. The Dove mail coat, still in process of perfection, is already to be supplanted sup-planted by the Boynton shield, sayi Arms and Explosives, an English jcur-naL jcur-naL The shield ia nothing more than steel plate a foot square, vhich weigka just eight pounds. It a made in inch a v;ay that it can be suspended from the rifle of a soldier, and it will always maintain a vertical position, no matter at what mgle the gun is held. Standing or kneeling, the soldier is protected to large extent behind tho plate. "When iu a kneeling position, be is almost entire- i ly hidden by the plate, which, instead of interfering with his aim, LeJps hira to eight The barrel of the gua fits incc a groove at the top of the plate, and by meacs of slides at the ends a immber oi plates can be strung together, thus forming form-ing a veritable "Chinese wall" for a row of Fharpohooters. The "Kevue de Cercle Militaire" pro-nouiicia pro-nouiicia the Bnyntoc shield -just ar serviceable as the Dowe cuirass aud evat "ore effective Jn a patent case In. New York recenv ly one of the lawyers consumed two days in describing the differences between be-tween two scientific appliances. When he had finished, the judgo said to him, "Now, Mr. , you will please tell us what is the difference." Tho lawyer, it is said, '-asu't recovered yet.-5 |
