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
composed is steel throughout. The core of the gun consists of a tube running its entire length, asin the Woolwich gun, but open at the rear, the loading being at the breech instead of the muzzle.The tube of this large weapon being of such great length, it has been made in two portions, the…
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