Tim Mosley 1's Comments
Ok, I looked it up.
The derringer WAS a .44 caliber, BUT Booth had loaded a .41 caliber ball, which is the part I remembered. Seems to me to be a deliberate attempt to baffle scholars.
This info may be found on the FBI's website, where modern day tests on the Booth derringer were conducted to learn more about the actual assassination.
The derringer WAS a .44 caliber, BUT Booth had loaded a .41 caliber ball, which is the part I remembered. Seems to me to be a deliberate attempt to baffle scholars.
This info may be found on the FBI's website, where modern day tests on the Booth derringer were conducted to learn more about the actual assassination.
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Lots of errors here, Uncle John.
Oswald's rifle was not a .38 caliber, but was actually a .30 caliber, and even this is wrong since the actual cartridge was a metric cartridge of 7.65 mm.
And it seems to me that Booth's pistol was actually a .41 caliber, not .44, as .41 was a very common derringer caliber of that era.
Oswald's rifle was not a .38 caliber, but was actually a .30 caliber, and even this is wrong since the actual cartridge was a metric cartridge of 7.65 mm.
And it seems to me that Booth's pistol was actually a .41 caliber, not .44, as .41 was a very common derringer caliber of that era.
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I tried talking to it, but it seemed so cold and distant and unresponsive.......
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"Tonight's top story - Britney Spears is back in rehab - details at ten."
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Le Petomane could actually 'inhale' air (or water!) through his anus, due to his unique musculature and physiology. His act consisted of emissions of air under controlled conditions. This is why they were odorless and also non-flammable.
Doctors wanted to examine his nether regions after his death, but he refused to allow it.
Doctors wanted to examine his nether regions after his death, but he refused to allow it.
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No big deal - The Abominable Dr. Phibes was using a device that did this in 1972.
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Henry Derringer's surname was actually spelled Deringer. His imitators who later cashed in on his fame merely changed the spelling to Derringer to evade the weak copyright laws then in place. Deringer did indeed conceive the "derringer" and produced the first model, but his imitators quickly overwhelmed him and it is their imitations - and altered trade name - that are remembered today.