Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 266
gth of its firing mechanism, has proved the mostrehable weapon of its class, and it also has been adopted into the Britishservice, and indeed into that of nearly every nation in the world. Inthis gun there are five barrels arranged as in the Gardner, but the firingis operated by a lever working… … if not impossible, from the liability of the gun to get moved. Severaldesigns have been proposed for making the firing mechanism entirelyautomatic so as to require no effort on the part of the firer, whose atten-tion can then be directed solely to pointing the piece. It would not be FIRE-ARMS. 225…
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