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= The Technology of the Light Gun (poem) = "The Technology of the Light Gun" is a poem by Frank Trevor Betts, in the style of "The Song of Hiawatha" by Henry Longfellow.

Trevor worked as a mechanical engineer for the Ministry of Defence for most of his working life. He wrote this poem as his presentation at an MoD conference c1970 but never delivered it; when he stood up for his slot, he saw the number of “Big-Whigs” in the audience and decided he should give the expected conventional engineering presentation instead! He always regretted that hasty decision.

That was the story he told his family so when the poem emerged after he died they thought it worth sharing with a wider audience.