page_title: James Puckle
hierarchical_section_title: James Puckle
caption_attribution_description: English: Line engraving by George Vertue after John Closterman, published in 1713
context_page_description: James Puckle was an English inventor, lawyer and writer from London chiefly remembered for his invention of the Defence Gun, better known as the Puckle gun, a multi-shot gun mounted on a stand capable of firing up to nine rounds per minute. The Puckle gun is one of the first weapons referred to as a machine gun and resembles a large revolver.
  Puckle's best-known literary work was The Club, a moral dialogue between a father and son.
context_section_description: James Puckle (1667–1724) was an English inventor, lawyer and writer from London chiefly remembered for his invention of the Defence Gun, better known as the Puckle gun, a multi-shot gun mounted on a stand capable of (depending on which version) firing up to nine rounds per minute. The Puckle gun is one of the first weapons referred to as a machine gun (though its operation does not match the modern definition of the term) and resembles a large revolver.
  Puckle's best-known literary work (reprinted as recently as 1900) was The Club, a moral dialogue between a father and son.
caption: Line engraving by George Vertue after John Closterman, published in 1713
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