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These are the 8 inch M. L. R., converted from XI inch S. B., the breech loading
rifles converted from Parrott M. L. R., of the same calibre, and the 3 inch steel
B. L. Howitzer. Undoubtedly we are very far behind the great military nations of
Europe ...
These are the 8 inch M. L. R., converted from XI inch S. B., the breech loading
rifles converted from Parrott M. L. R., of the same calibre, and the 3 inch steel
B. L. Howitzer. Undoubtedly we are very far behind the great military nations of
Europe ...
Sivu 2
B. L. R. by inserting a short steel tube from the breech, and has introduced a steel
B. L. Howitzer of 3 inch caliber. I will take up these guns in turn, as being
improvements on our ordnance of five years ago, and call your attention to what
there is ...
B. L. R. by inserting a short steel tube from the breech, and has introduced a steel
B. L. Howitzer of 3 inch caliber. I will take up these guns in turn, as being
improvements on our ordnance of five years ago, and call your attention to what
there is ...
Sivu 3
A 6.5 inch gun burst at the eighty-first round of a proof series with 16 lb. charges
and cylinders increasing by the weight of one shot every tenth round. The weight
of the cylinder used when the gun burst was 599 lbs, length 74 inches, length of ...
A 6.5 inch gun burst at the eighty-first round of a proof series with 16 lb. charges
and cylinders increasing by the weight of one shot every tenth round. The weight
of the cylinder used when the gun burst was 599 lbs, length 74 inches, length of ...
Sivu 4
S. B. was fired with extreme charges and 180 lb. shell, with ten to fifty inches air
spaces, and four shell with 123 lb. bursting ... Another extraordinary example is
that of a Xinch cast iron gunconverted into an 8 inch rifle and weighing but four
and ...
S. B. was fired with extreme charges and 180 lb. shell, with ten to fifty inches air
spaces, and four shell with 123 lb. bursting ... Another extraordinary example is
that of a Xinch cast iron gunconverted into an 8 inch rifle and weighing but four
and ...
Sivu 5
At last the wrought iron barrel bulged to the extent of one quarter of an inch, and
cracked the casing harmlessly through a hole that had been bored into it near the
trunnions, the charge being thirty pounds of R. L. G. powder and a 150 lb. shot.
At last the wrought iron barrel bulged to the extent of one quarter of an inch, and
cracked the casing harmlessly through a hole that had been bored into it near the
trunnions, the charge being thirty pounds of R. L. G. powder and a 150 lb. shot.
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