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 505
rials with the Armstrong gun, atTegel in Prussia and Steinfeld in Austria, theystood the full test, while the latter failed after com-paratively few rounds. The largest steel gun yet (1879) constructed hasbeen built bv Mr. Krnpp. It weighs 72 tons, and has a calibre of 15| in.; length of tho gun 32…
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