Name | Street | Town | State | From | To |
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Haynes, William C. |   | Melrose | Texas | 1859 |   |
Patent | Date | Remarks |
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23,087 | March l, 1859 | Patent drawing Patent drawing, page 2 |
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Product |
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A four shot or twenty-eight shot (depends on point of view). The cylinder
contains twenty-eight chambers, which are discharged in groups of seven
through a barrel containing seven separate bores. The cylinder is locked
by a latch inside the trigger guard and is turned by hand. A similar, but
earlier, revolver was the Elgar and Smith. |