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 522
cent. These trials were conducted by the commandant of naval artillery Kruys, who in his official reportsays that against these guns a daylight attack by torpedo-boats could not have the smallest chanceof success, while the danger would be so great and useless that such an attempt would scarcely… … 329S. One of the most remarkable capabilities of the revolving cannon is the mode in which it defendsditches or trenches. Actual experiments have determined that the angle of the cone of dispersionof the bullets of case or canister shot, fired from rifled guns, is determined by the pitch of…
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