The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Athens Double-Barreled Cannon (April, 1862) - Feb. 14th, 2005

American’s Civil War | September 1997 | Lonnie R. Speer

[SAMWolf]

Morning AZamericonnie

[SAMWolf]

Morning Neil.

Par35 dug this one up for us.

[SAMWolf]

Morning Feather.

[SAMWolf]

"Give it to 'em with both barrels" bump.

;-)

[SAMWolf]

Morning Iris7.

I just figured load both barrels with grape or canister instead of using a chain.

[SAMWolf]

Morning Aeronaut.

[SAMWolf]

Happy Valentine Day Radu.

[Professional Engineer]

Good morning ladies. Happy Valentines Day.

[SAMWolf]

Morning E.G.C.

Rained all Day Saturday and yesterday was a nice sunny day. Go figure

[SAMWolf]

Morning GailA.

[SAMWolf]

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.

That can almost be the motto of the US sometimes.

[Samwise]

LOL. That is one super Valentine!

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for keeping FR up to date on the military news, Calpernia

[SAMWolf]

1876 A G Bell & Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents; Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor

Elisha Gray (born in Barnesville, Ohio, on Aug. 2, 1835, died Newtonville, Mass., on Jan. 21, 1901) would have been known to us as the inventor of the telephone if Alexander Graham bell hadn't got to the patent office one hour before him. Instead, he goes down in history as the accidental creator of one of the first electronic musical instruments - a chance by-product of his telephone technology.

Gray accidentally dicovered that he could control sound from a self vibrating electromagnetic circuit and in doing so invented a basic single note oscillator. The 'Musical Telegraph' used steel reeds whose oscillations were created and transmitted , over a telephone line, by electromagnets. Gray also built a simple loudspeaker device in later models consisting of a vibrating diaphragm in a magnetic field to make the oscillator audible.

After many years of litigation, A.G.Bell was legally named the inventor of the telephone and in 1872, Gray founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company, parent firm of the present Western Electric Company. Two years later he retired to continue independent research and invention and to teach at Oberlin College.

Somehow, every complaining about "Ma Gray" doesn't have the same "ring to it"

[SAMWolf]

First of all, the use of chain shot was pretty much a French idea. The concept was dead on arrival.

LOL! I knew there had to be a logical explanation.

[SAMWolf]

Morning PE.

Best "Valentine" I've seen. :-)

[Valin]

That boy ain't conceited..he's convinced! :-)

[The Mayor]

I know, that is what we do in every war....

[snippy_about_it]

LOL, great Valentine's Day post. She is adorable.

Phil has created many memorable graphics for the Foxhole and I have a feeling this one will go down in history as the cutest.

[snippy_about_it]

You know, Snippy, my kids say I am a nerd, geek, actually. Affectionately, of course.

Yeah, but you're their geek. LOL, and one of ours to. The Foxhole is full of them. ;-)

I figure that at least it was a good thought, the age of invention is fascinating. You have to admire great minds, minds that aren't lazy but put to good use, even if an idea doesn't quite work as thought.