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 513
73 ; Naval Ordnance and Gunnery, Cooke, New York, 18?.). See also files of Army and Navy Journal, Scientific American, Engineering, Engineer, and Jour-nals of the Royal United Service Institution. A. A. B. (in part). ORDNANCE—GUN-CARRIAGES. The requirements of gun-carriages are: powerful… … to them ; the dispersion of concussions over large surfaces ; and in vessels of war independence ofdistortion of or other injuries to the ships side, smoothness and ease of motion in every direction,and safety under all conditions of the sea. The duty of providing the most perfect means of working…
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