Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 251
unting large guns on the disappearing system, by which almostcomplete protection against hostile fire is given to both gun and gunners.He utilizes the recoil as a means of bringing the gun down into a pro-tected position the moment it has been fired, and retains this energy bya simple arrangement… … Fig. 100.—The Moncrieff Gun raised arid 7eady for firing.
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