Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 240
guns, made on the plan introduced byMr. Fraser. This piece of ordnance is 16 ft. long, 4 ft. 8 in. in diameter atthe breech, and i ft. 9 in. at the muzzle. The bore is about i ft. Each FIRE-ARMS. gun can throw a shot or bolt 700 lbs. in weight, with a charge of 120 lbs.of powder. It is stated that… … Fig. 95. -Millwall Shield after being battered with Heavy Shot.—FrontView. of these ponderous missiles upon thick iron plates is very remarkable.Targets or shields have been constructed with plates and timber backing,girders, &c., put together in the strongest possible manner, in order to test
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