New gun 1
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Pattern type | Gun | ||||||
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Number of cells | 56 | ||||||
Bounding box | 36 × 35 | ||||||
Period | 46 | ||||||
Barrels | 1 | ||||||
Discovered by | Bill Gosper | ||||||
Year of discovery | 1971 | ||||||
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New gun 1 is a period-46 gun discovered by Bill Gosper in 1971,[1] being the second basic gun to be found (the first being the Gosper glider gun). A number of other ways of constructing a gun from two twin bees shuttles have since been found, the smallest being shown below (see edge shooter for another example).
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External links
- New gun at the Life Lexicon