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Scientific American, Vol. 80, No. 14 (1899) (1899)

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H GUN AT SANDY HOOK EXPLAINED. flash charge set the whole charge forward against the grain is to be subjected in the gun. projectile, and rammed it into the contracted neck of BY HUDSON MAXIM. At the Sandy Hook proving grounds, on Wednesday, The grain used in the above disastrous test, while it the… … avert further disaster. throughout its mass by a wave action. 1, 2, perforated powder before and after partial combustion; 3, powder The writer understands that the smokeless powder If a grain of smokeless powder be cut up into a fine after being shattered; 4, 5, new powder with transverse…

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