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 84
oaders, with a range of about 1200 yards. Carronades— short pieces with a heavy shot but limited range — found favor also,especially with British sailors, eager for that close-quarter fighting in whichthe Smasher — as General Melville called his carronade — would be mosteffective in shattering… … 72 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY and the mount was a wooden carriage on low trucks. The training, or hori-zontal angle of the gun, was effected by rope tackles, and the amount of ele-vation of its muzzle depended upon the position of a quoin, or woodenwedge, thrust beneath the breech.…
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