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Alexander Williams писал(а):
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, Jas. Alexander Williams, of Fredonia, in the county of San Saba and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal-Traps…. The object of my invention is to provide a means by which animals that burrow in the ground can be destroyed….
Said means entailed the mounting of one (1) Colt 1860 revolver C on wooden platform A, supported by frame B, with the revolver’s trigger linked by rod G and lever D to treadle I; when varmint V stepped upon treadle I, lever D would be released and its front end propelled upward by spring H, moving rod G rearward and triggering Colt 1860 revolver C, thereby destroying varmint V.
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