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 329
4 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY but the lighter weight of the cartridge enables a greater number to becarried. From the rifle to the Gatling gun is only a step, for the latter is essentiallya collection of rifle barrels fired by machinery. It consists of a number —generally ten — of… … GATLING GUN. the locks having also a forward and backward motion, the first of whichinserts the cartridge into the barrel and closes the breech at the time of thedischarge, while the latter extracts the cartridge after firing. Upon the gun,near the breech, is a hopper which receives the cartridges…
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