FIGHTING WITH CLOCKWORK SOLDERS.
A fighting mflcliiiie or automaton soldier isamHW^^ia^ &&& W to am? j^ «i^3i§ation. .^ Nobody in future neeiridt Kis life iia battle, thVt iß,^lf -U!H» 1 newroaper ot Bai*eioiia is not miftinf ormed as to the merits ol a new invention. Acee^cßn^ to tiatjottrnftl the inventor "has offered it to the Spanish Government for use against the Moors in Melilla. He is ready for a sum of £200,000 sterling to proceed to the seat of operations at the itead of Hundred of the new wmbattints. '^The maciune soldier is made of iron, and he is set going by clockworks ;^hien wound up lie can fire forty rounds a minute, and he carrMia hisMterior a large supply of ammunition. Shoiild he ue captured by the enemy, he can be blown to charg^-Sinß^ = a Iqnanftty l jof dynapiife- stored in his head. 'The Globo ' seriously declares that the capabilities of the new warrior have been^saecMu^Ly tested before sl a The promoters of the ' New Aub" traHa ' w3l Very likely have ano^e^s^g^^AlpJ^d Hfore Mag, and the conimana is to be given to Captain Logan, who went in command of the Royal Tar on the first voyage.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXII, Issue 3070, 19 January 1894, Page 7
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195FIGHTING WITH CLOCKWORK SOLDERS. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXII, Issue 3070, 19 January 1894, Page 7
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