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Scientific American, Vol. 59, No. 26 (1888) (1888)

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eans of which the car- the various experiments that have been made of late| obstructing object. The power that is employed to|riage may be set at'a high rate of rotation. These years in ordnance for the discharge of the high ex- | this end is centrifugal foree—that force which bursts | wheels are… … of a peculiar type, being adapted to take up the gun is to be discharged, the clutch bars are releas- . initial shock of discharge. DETAILS OF DYNAMITE GUN. ed from the free ends of the carriers, which fly up- In the gun which is illustrated below, and which ward by reason of the centrifugal force…

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