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Scientific American, Vol. 50, No. 19 (1884) (1884)

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guide it when it strikes the water. This may be all very true, but it scarcely explains any- In addition to this, and constituting the principal features of which burst from a mud obstruction at the muzzle. The thing, and least of all the real action which takes place of the invention, are the… … about half the space. The gun was then discharged, and the turn against the dynamite compartment, the shank, A, be- ‘‘ obstructions ” in both barrels were blown clear without ing recessed a short. distance behind the sleeve so as to allow THE BURSTING OF GUN BARRELS. injury to either barrel. The…

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