Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 235
m, arranged by Mr. Fraser, and for the:sake of economy adopted by the authorities at Woolwich in 1867, thegreater part of the benefit derivable from adjustment of tension was no■doubt sacrificed to cheapness of manufacture. These, and also the formsof Armstrong guns that have not yet been… … Fig. 93.—35-/c« Fraser Gun. Now, in 1874, when the first edition of the present work was inpreparation, the Fraser-Woolwich guns were in full vogue, being spokenof by the public press as the ne plus tiltra of artillery construction insize, efficiency, and economy. When, accordingly, the author had…
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