Original cannons of this type were known as «six pound field pieces,» and would fire six
pound iron balls.
What Oldfield does is wind up his 6» 5» and 280 pounds into a torque of lightning and whirl into the spinning arc of a discus thrower through a full turn and a half (540 degrees) before releasing the 16 -
pound iron ball and watching it float out there into history.
Not exact matches
Made of
iron and wood, the first New Year's Eve
ball to be dropped from the flagpole at One Times Square in 1907 weighed 700
pounds.
Until Ali, the Spinks style was like an
iron ball smashing into a condemned building; just keep
pounding until the whole thing is leveled.