ult may be gun, Thus, for ao 8 inch gun the naval projectile has a ‘(On different occasions I have fired a rifle when the ball length of about 9 feet, while the land projectile is about 3 equally destructive. was so tightly lodged about ten or twelve inches from the If Mr. Heath’s theory is true… … perty will commend itself par. the products of combustion ticularly in naval guns. by windage, of from three to As yet no official tests have four thousand pounds per been made of the system, but the United States Govern- square inch, before the charge could reach the obstruction. simple jamming of…
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