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 260
as rapidly as it atfirst increased. In a powder that burns too rapidly for theparticular gun in which it is used, the pressure rises suddenlyto a maximum, which perhaps puts a dangerous strain onthe gun, then falls off so quickly that it communicatesonly a low velocity to the projectile. An ideal… … 224 TORPEDOES will bum slowly at first, then more and more rapidly,keeping up the pressure behind the projectile until it actu-ally leaves the gun. For this purpose, we must have ourgrain of such a shape that, as it bums, the burning surfacewill increase. Evidently this cannot happen with anygrain…
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