Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 255
oolwich, an object of some interest to artillerists, especially sincethere has been some talk of reverting^ to this very old-fashioned form of FIRE-ARMS. 213 ordnance as a means of attacking,- ironclads in their most vulnerabledirection by the so-called vertical fire. In one of the rounds of… … Fig. 103.—Mallets Mortar. For high-elevation firing, howitzers will more probably be the form ofordnance most in use. The range of the howitzer is determined by theangle at which it is elevated, whereas with the mortar it is chiefly byvariation of the powder charge that the aim is adjusted. Many of…
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