Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 225
a leaden pin was substituted, and the action of the mechanismwas not in the least impaired. This arrangement serves greatly to diminishthe wear and the possibility of damage from the recoil. As the pin onwhich the block turns is slightly above the axis at the barrel, it follows thatthe block, when… … .—Section of Martini-Henry Lock. called the tumbler, which projects into the case, G. It is this tumblerwhich acts as a support for the block, and raises it into its firing positionor lowers it according as the lever, E, is drawn toward a firer or pushedforward. How this is accomplished will be…
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