Re: News extracts: May 13, 1824: New invention of Mr. Linnie [Kirkwall, Orkney]

On 13/05/2012 18:28, Alison Kilpatrick wrote:
Transcribed from the 13 May 1824 edition of The Enniskillen
Chronicle& Erne Packet newspaper:

New Invention.--We have seen Mr. Linnie's new invention.--It is a
curious piece of mechanism, comprising a complete Fowling-piece; barrel
33 inches long, caliber 5-8 inches; detonating lock, but with proper
angle, ramrod,&c.&c.; a complete fishing-rod about 12 feet long,
dog-call, looking-glass, and snuff-box with pen, in the small compass of
an ordinary sized walking stick, weighing about 3-1/2lbs. When used as a
fowling-piece, it contains a flask with powder and shot sufficient for
12 or 14 charges, and can be used as a walking-stick or fishing-rod,
loaded and primed, with the greatest of safety. Its portability is such
that it can be transformed and re-transformed to all its purposes,
including loading, priming, and firing, in the short space of three
minutes! Mr. Linnie is a native of Kirkwall, in Orkney, and is now on
his way to Edinburgh and London, for the purpose of laying his invention
before the Societies for the encouragement of the Arts.--Inverness Courier.

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Just don't try taking it on the plane.
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