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
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 guns seems to be second only in impor-tance to that of adopting the best material, form, and construction for the gun itself. Of two… … ing than upon any peculiarity attaching only to the gun. Owing to the increase in size and powerof ordnance since the introduction of armor, gun-carriages have gradually become elaborate machines,and mechanical science has produced carriages and slides which enable the heaviest guns to be…
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