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 306
irregularity from uneven burning. Thusit will be seen that instead of making one cav-ity in the rocket, two cavities are formed, witha portion of solid composition between them, sothat when the solid composition is burnt through,the front cavity is ignited, thereby imparting tothe rocket an… … rubber washers and one brass washer are placed between the knot and the stick, to reduce the effectof the sudden jerk which is given to the line when the rocket is fired. Fig. 2806 shows the methodof coiling the line carried by the rocket in its faking-box. In 1870, 131 rockets fired successively…
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