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 436
having thetraining axis of the gun-carriage as its center. The wheeled carriage sujjports a j)air of rails,inclined to an angle of loading. On these rails is supported the j)rojectile-trough, that canbe moved back and forth l)y a pinion and rack or a winch, operated by a hand-lever, to deliverthe… … Fig. 1.—The Jenkins cushioned hammer. loading-ram, moved by rope and pulleys connected with a hand-operated winch supported by the truck, to force the projectile into the gun-barrel. The truck is also adapted to transferprojectiles from the magazine to the gun. (See also Torpedoes.)Hammer,…
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