Minutes of proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution (1858)
Great Britain. Army. Royal Artillery Institution · Woolwich, Eng., : The Institution · leaf 120
76 MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF (I) Pettman Land Service Percussion Fuze1 2 (Figs. 1, 2), consists of seven principal parts, viz. : — Lead Cup, The Body, Cone Plug, Top Plug, Detonating Ball, Bottom Plug, Steady Plug. PETTMAN’S LAND SERVICE PERCUSSION FUZE. Fig. 1. Fig. 2. … The Body (Fig. 1, aaa), is made of gun-metal.3 It is two inches in extreme length; and is conical3 in form and screwed to fit the fuze holes of common spherical shells.4 Above the screwed part is a plain projecting shoulder upon which the fuze rests when screwed home ; and upon the top of this…
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