Dr. McLeans's Peacemaker Miracle Weapons

[cannonmn]

Found this brochure today while looking through some old Navy files in the National Archives:

http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b62/cannonmn/miscforumsetc/forums26/?action=view&current=b3bd7af0.pbw


Here's some info on Dr. McLean: 

http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1963/4/1963_4_109.shtml

[dan610324]

I just wonder what Samuel thought about it when he stole the name peacemaker  

[Artilleryman]

The good Doctor had quite an imagination.

[cannonmn]

I was looking through some Navy records I'd photograped recently and found this listing of Dr. McLean's weapons that were actually at the Washington Navy Yard in 1881, and were tested there.  As you can see, the Navy didn't want anything to do with them.  The facing page, not shown, says the Navy returned the items to Dr. McLean shortly after the tests.

If you want a larger image than below, use this url:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b62/cannonmn/miscforumsetc/forums27/RG74E113etcRG181b131a.jpg