ɪn ɐ lˈɛɾɚ tə hɪz sˈɪstɚ, kˈɜːnəl hjˈuː ɹˈɑːbɚt hˈɪbɚt dᵻskɹˈaɪbd sˈʌtʃ ɐ wˈɛpən ɛmplˈɔɪd dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə kɹaɪmˈiən wˈɔːɹ:
In a letter to his sister, Colonel Hugh Robert Hibbert described such a weapon employed during the Crimean War: