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 498
ld formof cannon, which exhibits clearly the five principal parts into which nearly all guns are regarded asdivided. These are the breech, A ; the first reenforce, B ; the second reenforce, C; the chase, D ;and the swell of the muzzle, E. The breech is the solid part of the piece in the… … 478 ORDNANCE, CONSTRUCTION OF. 3252. j—A~- ,.—a— CS: D- , -.<£.-.. bjf Oj h — j \i f^f piece, for the reason that the pressure of the gas is found by experience and calculation to be thegreatest before the ball has moved far from its place. The second reiinforce is that portion of thepiece to…
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