The mariners' handbook; a convenient reference book for navigators, yachtsmen, and seamen of all classes (1906)
International Correspondence Schools, Roden, Ernest Konrad, 1866-, International Correspondence Schools. Pocketbook · Scranton, Pa. : International Textbook Co. · leaf 238
nts of the shell,but all the smallballs with which theinterior is filled, arescattered over a widearea. Capped Projectiles.—The capped projectile, types ofwhich are shown in Fig. 3, is a development of the last fewyears, and has increased the penetration, other things beingequal, by about 15%. The… … 206 NAVAL ORDNANCE more or less under the blow, and at the same time a con-siderable part of its face is dished a little, the whole ofthis action resulting from the elasticity of the plate and itssupporting structure. This spring of the plate is unfavor-able to penetration; the point of the…
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