ovements are intended, as before- been to lighten the labor of the gunner and to dis- mentioned, to obviate manual labor, and dispense pense with the usual gun crew : their place being sup- with the usual number of men employed about artil- plied by machinery. This weapon is essentially a lery. No… … COON’S BREECH-LOADING CANNON. man is required to work the largest guns, and that arms at N, and a crank, O, shown in dotted lines be- by well-known mechanical devices. The gun is de- so compact is the space in which the machinery hind the pinion, P. A system of slides is provided pressed at the…
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