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Brand's 'bomb-lance No. 2. 



Used with Brand's No. 2 Shoulder-gun. New model. Patented in 

 1879. Length, 21i inches. Norwich, Connecticut, 1883. 56385. 

 Patented, manufactured, and presented by Junius A. Brand. 



Brand's bomb-lance No. 3. 



Used with Brand's No. 2 Shoulder-gun. Old model. Patented in 

 1852 by C. C. Brand. Length, 24 inches. Norwich, Connec- 

 ticut, 1883. 56382. Manufactured and presented by Junius A. 

 Brand. 



Brand's bomb-lance No. 3. 



Used in connection with Brand's No. 3 Shoulder-gun. New model. 

 Patented in 1879. Not much used at present. Length, 24 

 inches. Norwich, Connecticut, 1883. 56383. Patented, man- 

 ufactured, and presented by Junius A. Brand. 



Brand's bomb-lance No. 4. 



Used in connection with Greener's swivel-gun. New model. Pat- 

 ented in 1879. Length, 34 inches. Norwich, Connecticut, 

 1883. 56381. Patented, manufactured, and presented by 

 Junius A. Brand. 



Pierce's bomb-lance. 



Main portion, or powder chamber, brass tubing ; anterior end pro- 

 vided with nipple for percussion-cap and time fuse. Rear end 

 or tail-piece, composition metal ; fluted sides with longitudinal 

 slots for reception of the wings. Guide-wings, sheet-brass, 

 fastened to brass wires; closed by a brass ring when placed in 

 the gun, and expand radially from a common center when dis- 

 charged. Lance-point, composition metal ; four cutting edges; 

 recessed, containing a hammer secured by a wooden pin, which 

 is broken by the concussion of the explosion of the charge, and 

 explodes the cap on the nipple in the end of the shank, com- 

 municating the fire to the magazine by means of the time-fuse. 

 Button, sole leather, fastened with a screw. Length, 19 inches. 

 New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 56355. Manufactured and 

 presented by Captain Eben Pierce. Used with Pierce & Eggers' 

 Shoulder-gun. Made in three sections. The lance is loaded 

 by detaching the rear section, and capped by detaching the 

 cutting-point. 



Cunningham & Cogan's bomb-lance. 



An improved bumb (with rubber feathers) and cartridge combined, 

 used in connection with Cunningham & Cogan's breech-load- 

 ing gun, patented December 28, 1875. Length, 16| inches. 

 New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 56371. Gift of William 

 Lewis. (Patented and manufactured by Patrick Cunningham). 



