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DescriptionChain Rammer Patent.jpg
English: Patent Drawing for Chain Rammer, U.S. Patent 904,966 (1908). A chain rammer was a device used to load heavy-caliber ordinance into the breech of a cannon.
The text and illustrations of US patents published before March 1, 1989 are in the public domain unless the patent text contains a specific notice that portions are copyrighted. See 37 CFR 1.71(d), 37 CFR 1.84(s)
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