The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1862 |
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... guns to about two - thirds the weight of the older cast - iron ordnance . Hence follows the facility with which guns of much greater power can be worked , while the range and precision of fire are at the same time increased . But these ...
... guns to about two - thirds the weight of the older cast - iron ordnance . Hence follows the facility with which guns of much greater power can be worked , while the range and precision of fire are at the same time increased . But these ...
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... " The Society's Silver Medal . To F. Joubert , for " The Application of Photography to the production of Images on Glass , which can be burnt in . " The Society's Silver Medal . A NEW GUN - METAL . IT is well known 16 YEAR - BOOK OF FACTS .
... " The Society's Silver Medal . To F. Joubert , for " The Application of Photography to the production of Images on Glass , which can be burnt in . " The Society's Silver Medal . A NEW GUN - METAL . IT is well known 16 YEAR - BOOK OF FACTS .
Pàgina 17
... guns of this material to be produced of much larger bore than have been made in England . But it appears that these guns have not been rifled , and are only intended to be used with hollow projectiles . This success , therefore ...
... guns of this material to be produced of much larger bore than have been made in England . But it appears that these guns have not been rifled , and are only intended to be used with hollow projectiles . This success , therefore ...
Pàgina 18
... gun , the presence of such flaws becomes fatal . Wrought- iron , therefore , applied as a solid block to the construction of guns , I hold to be even more objectionable than cast - iron , for , although a wrought - iron gun thus made ...
... gun , the presence of such flaws becomes fatal . Wrought- iron , therefore , applied as a solid block to the construction of guns , I hold to be even more objectionable than cast - iron , for , although a wrought - iron gun thus made ...
Pàgina 19
... gun , a breech- loader , having a 5 inch bore . It was publicly tried at Southport in February , and again in August , last year , giving results which remain , I believe , still unsurpassed . The same gun was tried at the Nore , in the ...
... gun , a breech- loader , having a 5 inch bore . It was publicly tried at Southport in February , and again in August , last year , giving results which remain , I believe , still unsurpassed . The same gun was tried at the Nore , in the ...
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