The Military Resources of Prussia and France: And Recent Changes in the Art of WarLongmans, Green, 1870 - 258 страници |
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... Armstrong gun in broad- side and the 450 - pounder smooth - bore in its turret , to which our American rivals pin their faith , than between the agile scramble of the Zouaves up the Alma heights and the long - drawn movements of the ...
... Armstrong gun in broad- side and the 450 - pounder smooth - bore in its turret , to which our American rivals pin their faith , than between the agile scramble of the Zouaves up the Alma heights and the long - drawn movements of the ...
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... rifles is to compel guns to pass out of range of the denser bodies of troops . Case - shot or canister at short ... Armstrong shell , coated with lead , the missile is forced by the explosion into the grooves of the gun . All the ...
... rifles is to compel guns to pass out of range of the denser bodies of troops . Case - shot or canister at short ... Armstrong shell , coated with lead , the missile is forced by the explosion into the grooves of the gun . All the ...
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... guns of Sir W. Armstrong and others , but at the time when these remarks were written the old smooth - bore 68 - pounder was still regarded as the most effective ship gun . The results of these experi- ments , which have been purely ...
... guns of Sir W. Armstrong and others , but at the time when these remarks were written the old smooth - bore 68 - pounder was still regarded as the most effective ship gun . The results of these experi- ments , which have been purely ...
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... guns made at Elswick had been made at Wool- wich , a saving of 242,000l . might ... Gun Factory at Woolwich certainly con- tributed to this diminution of price ... Armstrong at Elswick are not inconsiderable elements of our national force ...
... guns made at Elswick had been made at Wool- wich , a saving of 242,000l . might ... Gun Factory at Woolwich certainly con- tributed to this diminution of price ... Armstrong at Elswick are not inconsiderable elements of our national force ...
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... gun , because a portion of the gas discharged is liable to escape , or to ... gun be a per- fect annulus , or in other words provided the axis of the shot be ... Armstrong has been led to invent a system of double fuzes - time and con ...
... gun , because a portion of the gas discharged is liable to escape , or to ... gun be a per- fect annulus , or in other words provided the axis of the shot be ... Armstrong has been led to invent a system of double fuzes - time and con ...
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