into two compartments by a cen- Some other guns required two men to put the cartridges in at the top, and tral partition, as clearly indicated in Figs. 1 one to turn the crank for firing, and another and 2, which also show the ports and the to turn the gun about, which made the mo- steam and… … saying that when once put into work, the ports is clearly shown. The engine can be gun would go on firing, if desired, until the controlled from a distance by means of a rope man who paid for the cartridges was in a or wire connected with the reversing lever; this method posed of almost pure silex.…
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