Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 226
ely, and relieve the pent-up spring, whose elasticity impels the strikerforward, so that this enters the carriage directly. A very important andino-enious part of this arrangement is the contrivance for extracting thecale of the exploded cartridge. The extractor turns on the pin, M, andhas two arms… … Fig. 87.— The Martijii-Henry Rifle. A, ready for loading ; B, loaded and ready for firing. centre of the case, and forming an angle of about 80° with the above-mentioned upright arm ; when, by pushing forward the lever, its shortarm drops into the recess, the block, no longer supported, falls, and…
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