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 515
form in Fig. 3282, and is constructed on the principle of utilizing the force of the recoil to lowerthe whole gun, so that it can be loaded out of sight and out of exposure. That part of the carriageK which is called the elevator may be considered as a lever which has the carriage-axle at the endof…
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