The wonders of modern mechanism. A résumé of recent progress in mechanical, physical, and engineering science (1896)
Cochrane, Charles Henry, 1856- · Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott · leaf 110
inute. The bullets are longer, of lesscalibre, and lighter than formerly, but owing to improvedpowder have a much greater range and penetration. Theywill kill at a distance of two miles, which is about as faras a man can comfortably see another without the aid of aglass. They are further dangerous… … BIFLING MACHINE FOR GlN-BARRELS. heads of intervening soldiers. The best bullets used aremade with a hard lead core enveloped in a case of sheetsteel that has been plated with nickel-copper. Tliese willpenetrate about five feet of pine wood or a foot of hard 9* 104 WOXDERS OF MODERN MECHANISM.…
Inventions · Mechanical engineering · Machinery
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