match
match
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This
cannon shoots using wooden stick matches! I call it the "Mothers Nightmare"! Insert a
match stick, head first, into the barrel, then push down on the lever... out
"shoots" a ball of flame.
A great toy for use in any house or barn (?) Modern safety matches don't work in the cannon. The old style wooden stick matches had a more "explosive" compound on the stick head. |
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The cannon shown has "Patent Pend." written on one of the trails. A patent was issued in 1901 to Robert L. Short, of Clifton Park, Ohio. |