Star-land : being talks with young people about the wonders of the heavens (1891)
Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir, 1840-1913 · London ; Paris : Cassell & Co. · leaf 79
-ceptible. As wefind tliat the lati-tudes of our ob-servatories re-main sensiblyunchanged fromyear to year, weare certain thatthe pole mustremain in thesame place. In-deed, if the polewere to alter itsposition by thedistance of astones throw, thecareful watchersin many observa-t o r i e s… … The Sun. 65 musket, a smooth-bore gun, which was loaded at themuzzle with a good charge of powder, and then a roundbullet was rammed down. Brown Bess, as the musketwas called, was a most efficient weapon at close quarters,and indeed at any distance when the bullet hit; but therewas the difficulty.…
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