Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 304
o thestrength and direction of the wind. A complete description of Manbys system, and a discussion asto the priority of his invention, appears in Ammunition, Majendie, London, 1867. In the French life-saving service two guns are used, known as leperrier and Pespinr/ole. Their weightsare… … Commission appointed to consider the subject of life-saving apparatus expressed the opinion thatleperrier with a projectile weighing 11 lbs. and 5 oz. of powder, for ranges of 323 yards, and Vcspin-</ole, with a projectile of 4.4 lbs. and If oz. of powder, for ranges of 197 yards and below,…
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