Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the transmission of power, being a supplementary volume to Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics (1892)
Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 434
GUN, CARBONIC-ACID. 413 rangement is also such that as soon as the carriage stops the fluid acts to return the wedges,to secure the carriage. The wedges thus prevent any local motion of the carriage withrespect to its base, so that during the firing the base and the foundation are brought to-gether… … Fig. 3.—Rapieft pneumatic g:un. operate the firing, training, and elevating mechanism automatically, is also provided withmeans for training it l)y hand from a special platform g, and with eyes and hooks for tackletraining. The balanced swing-joints of the trunnions, and the branch supply-pipes…
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