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FOR BIG GUNSA Muscatine soldier invented eyes for the guns of theJb. army that promises to play a winning' part in endingthe war,, according to a story brought from Gamp Cody, Demmg, N. M., by .T. A. Bond, who recently visited his son, Clarence Bond u£ Battery C.The inventor oC the new device is Lieutenant Stewart Narvis, son of W. *M. Narvis of this city. The: instrument was manufactured by the Barry Manufacturing company of this city.If all that is said of the invention is true it is one of the most important war mechanisms since the perfection of the 4*2i-cenLimeter gun.Hereto'forc in shooting at long distances or over the bow of hills, it has been necessary to use the flying.machines as target tinders. The aeroplanes have been, the eyes of the army.The Narvis device can locate the target and demolish it with the second shot it is claimed. The instrument is ibeing tried out at Camp Cody and has proved quite success^ ful. *
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Muscatine Journal

Muscatine, Iowa, US

Thu, Jan 31, 1918

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