THE SIX INCH CAST STEEL BREECH LOADIlfG RIFLE BEFORE THE TRIAL. built-up 6 inch guns of the navy. From previousrecords of firings with this powder, this charge of48^ pounds could be depended on to give a muzzlevelocity to the projectile of 2,000 feet per second, witha pressure on the walls of the… … WRECK OF SHED AFTER THE EXPLOSION. carriage in which the energy of recoil was absorbed bythe resistance offered by water in being driven througha small orifice, while after recoil the gun was run outquickly to battery automatically by compressed air intwo small reservoirs in rear. The carriage…
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