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Ferguson, Patrick

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Soldier and inventor of the breech-loading gun, born at Pitfour, Aberdeenshire; served in the English army in Germany and Tobago; brought out his new rifle in 1766, which was tried with success in the American War of Independence; rose to be a major, and fell at the battle of King's Mountains, in South Carolina (1744-1780).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ferguson, Patrick'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​f/ferguson-patrick.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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