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Tartarin de Tarascon

Note 5 — PREMIER ÉPISODE

Reading edition · Edition 2

18 5 fusil à aiguille: 'needle gun,' invented in 1836, and used in the Prussian army in 1841 The cartridge in this gun is exploded by a slender needle, or pin, which is driven into it.

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