Mark Bowman and William Hughes' Gun Carriage of 1900
The Research Library and History Center will be closed the week of December 21-27. The Lawrence County Historical Society received an early Christmas present from two of our favorite English guys, Andrew Hills and Jonathan D Hills, authors of a book titled “Origins of Armour No 2: An Armoured Repeating War Gun: Mark Bowman and William Hughes; Gun Carriage of 1900.” This book examines a design patented in 1900 by two inventors from Pinkstaff, Lawrence County Illinois, Bowman
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