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Message:: [QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 548485, member: 54"]So I just learned that this very model was inspected by Pres. Lincoln, and he came close to ordering full-sized versions into production.  I learned this when I googled the inventor’s name and hometown.  The book linked refers to this as “The Cincinnati Gun.”  And to think this “famous” model has gone unidentified and unappreciated for a century at least! <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1RkkDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT171&ots=D1wXEblpf5&dq=w.g.%20sherwin%20cincinnati&pg=PT169#v=onepage&q=w.g.%20sherwin%20cincinnati&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1RkkDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT171&ots=D1wXEblpf5&dq=w.g.%20sherwin%20cincinnati&pg=PT169#v=onepage&q=w.g.%20sherwin%20cincinnati&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=1RkkDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT171&ots=D1wXEblpf5&dq=w.g. sherwin cincinnati&pg=PT169#v=onepage&q=w.g. sherwin cincinnati&f=false</a>[/QUOTE]