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 514
3381. … to firing position or back, isreplaced by a hydraulic press,which acts both to check re-coil and to give motion to thegun-carriage on the slide. Itis fixed on the slide in the lineof recoil, with its piston-rodpermanently attached to thecarriage. To run the carriagein or out, it is necessary onlyto…
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