James Puckle's Defence System

Hard to read but you get the idea. Apparenly designed for use on ships to keep the undesirables away. "A.D.1718, no.418, James Puckle, A Portable Gun or Machine called a Defence, that Discharges so often and so many Bullets, and can be so Quickly Loaded as renders it next to Impossible to to Cary and Ship by Boarding, printed 1854"

Information and pictures from: Henry Alfredo Penaranda Cervantes