Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 311
l or papier mache ; though in some systems they were furnishedwith studs or buttons which fitted into the grooves of the bore. In the caseof the Whit worth gun, the projectile was made nearly of the exact size andform of the bore, so as to fit accurately into the grooves. Breech-loading cannon were… … RODMAN GUN. or even in rapidity of fire than the muzzle-loaders. Not only were breech-loading cannon adopted with seeming reluctance, but rifled cannon generallywere looked upon with disfavor by many artillerists of the old school.Hohenlohe tells of an old Prussian general of artillery who was so…
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