Mechanical movements, powers and devices; a treatise describing mechanical movements and devices used in constructive and operative machinery and the mechanical arts, being practically a mechanical dictionary, commencing with a rudimentary description of the early known mechanical powers and detailing the various motions, appliances and inventions used in the mechanical arts to the present time, including a chapter on straight line movements, by Gardner D. Hiscox (1914)
Hiscox, Gardner Dexter, 1822?-1908 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 407
1649. DISAPPEARING GUN, Moncrief model. The cycloidalcurved rack arm E is counter-weighted, which balances the re-coil of the gun by its increasedf\~~ leverage. The small connectingrod, rack, and pinion adjust theguns alignment.
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