In writing on this subject, I have applied the word "carronade ;" and, if impro-
perly, it was, no doubt, through my "land-lubber "-like misunderstanding of naval
friends, to whom I submitted the invention. For ship's swivels, this mode of easing
the recoil, I think, may be adapted as here shown; but for carronades, it would, I
presume, require a somewhat different construction.