Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 263
, performing the consecutive operations ofloading, cocking, and firing without any pause whatever in the several andcontinuous operations. The small Gatling is supplied with another improvement called thedrum feed. This case is divided into sixteen sections, each of whichcontains twenty-five… … Fig. 1051^.—The Gatling Gun.—Fro7it View. After a careful comparison of the effects of field artillery firing shrapnel^the committee concluded that the Gatling would be more destructive inthe open at distances up to 1,200 yards, but that it is not comparable toartillery in effect at greater…
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