THE TREEBY ‘CHAIN GUN’
Nov 11, 2021
2 minutes
BY JONATHAN FERGUSON
THIS striking design is the earliest-known attempt at a linked belt of ammunition, pre-dating Hiram Maxim’s attempt by nearly 30 years. It was the invention of Thomas Wright Gardner Treeby of Paddington, London.
Treeby was born at Stoke Damerel in Devon in 1817 but
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