YANKEE INGENUITY.
I than artioleon " Ingenuous Ameri* canflnventioiis," based on information contained m a New York scientific journal relating to " the better protection of animals from the dangers and annoyances to which they are exposed," a contemporary proceeds gravely to say; —«Th"Be inventions are, however, eclipsed m ingenuity by one men^ tioned by the New York limes. It has been brought out by Mr Miller, "'tne "emiiieSt^^ngineer, "and" 'hW for its 1 object^)ttfe pier«ntipn:of injury by the butu'n? of ram's. A. coiled sDrinar —?or if, preFerred,r»ninqiatußKßr spring —fis fixed on the forehead of' the rahv which' en irely breaks the force of id b|ow. Th«' ] recoil 6f; the' spring;: itoo, harls the ram to a long distance, thus gjvingdtheiasgaQlted person time to esi cape a second attack. .Mr .Miller tried the effect of this ' spring.ram' on hit wife's mother, a ltdy of rather mot? than usual fragility. The. blow: of the ram was scarcely felt-by-his mother-in-law; bnt' the recoil threw the ««,... thirty feet, and completely over * atone -Wall[four{feetnigh^i ; ;. r; i
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 272, 20 October 1883, Page 2
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170YANKEE INGENUITY. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 272, 20 October 1883, Page 2
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