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 517
those which project small-arm bullets in great numbers, and the second those which throw shells andlarge projectiles. The first are the mitrailleuses proper; the second, revolving cannon. Mitrailleuses.— Tlie Gailing Gun.—This weapon, which has proved the most successful of itsclass, was invented… … barrel having its corresponding lock. The barrels and locks revolve together; but irrespective ofthis motion, the locks have a forward and backward action. The forward motion places the car-tridges in the chambers of the barrels and closes the breech at the time of each discharge, while thebackward…
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