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THE MUSCATINE JOURNAIiBATTERYMANEYES BIG GUNSA Muscaline soldier invented eyes Cor tlie guns of theii army that promises to play'a winning- part in ending the war,, according to a story brought from Camp Cody, Deming, N. M., by .T. A. Bond, who recently visited his son, Clarence Bond of Battery C.The inventor of the new device isLieutenant 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 oil the invention is true it is one of the most important war mechanisms since the perfection of the 4'2i-centimeter gun.Eereto'forc in shooting at long distances or over the bow of: hills, it has been necessary to use the flying machines as target finders. 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 IbeLng tided 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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