Word: barrel
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Nothing could be more fascinating, declared Mr. Renwick, than this mechanism which weighs but 30 pounds, yet does the work of 150 rifles. Last summer at Plattsburg one of these guns fired no less than 480 shots in one minute, and at the end of this time the barrel was a dull, glowing red. To care for this emergency an extra barrel is provided, which may be thrust into position in a few seconds...
Machine guns were first used in the Franco-Prussian War, but the English first proved their value in the Egyptian and Indian campaigns, the gun at that time consisting simply of a circular collection of barrels, turned by hand. The automatic received its first try-out in the Russo-Japanese War, and such terror did it inspire that the Japanese likened its fire to a continuous rod of iron thrust from the barrel. In the German trenches today there is one machine gun to every six men, while in the United States a whole company has but four guns...
Another society of a somewhat different sort is described in an article by F. T. Spaulding '17 on the notorious "Med. Fac.", traces of whose buffoonery and barrel-stave humor, unfortunately still persist...
...House was attractively arranged for the occasion. A fire-lit room, fitted with jack-o-lanterns, served as a reciting room, while nearby was a large barrel of apples and other suitable refreshments...
...English poet, Mr. Alfred Noyes, gave a reading and short address in Sanders Theatre last evening. He prefaced his address with three poems. The first, "The Admiral's Ghost," was a patriotic legend of Devonshire, extolling the spirit of Drake and Nelson; the second, "The Barrel Organ," was replete with the poetry of the city; the third was in deprecation of the extreme scientific spirit...