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Anti-poaching device, 1800s

Description

An advertisement for an anti-poaching device invented and produced by John Morris, a Welshpool gun-maker. Intended for the safeguarding of 'stockyards, fish pools, gardens, game preserves etc' , it consisted of an elaborate series of tripwires which would set off bright flares to illuminate the intruder.

Owner:
Powysland Museum & Montgomery Canal Centre
Creator:
Morris, John
License information:
Reproduced by permission of Powysland Museum & Montgomery Canal Centre
Copyright Details:
Powysland Museum & Montgomery Canal Centre 2003
Publisher Ref:
GTJ61604
Item uploaded:
17/2/2010
Date originally created:
1800-1899
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