The Book of the RifleLongmans, Green, and Company, 1901 - 558 páginas |
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... all the difficulties of the muzzle - loading rifle appreciated , the chief being the uselessness of a loose ball and the difficulty of loading with The adarme = 1 oz . 16 a tight one owing to the fouling , or residuum.
... all the difficulties of the muzzle - loading rifle appreciated , the chief being the uselessness of a loose ball and the difficulty of loading with The adarme = 1 oz . 16 a tight one owing to the fouling , or residuum.
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... muzzle , on which its stability depends , is compounded of two factors , the velocity and the rate of twist of the grooving , of which when one is diminished , the other needs to be proportionately increased . It would seem that a ...
... muzzle , on which its stability depends , is compounded of two factors , the velocity and the rate of twist of the grooving , of which when one is diminished , the other needs to be proportionately increased . It would seem that a ...
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... muzzle ; with a twist which is rapid at the breech , and becomes slow at the muzzle ; and , still more marvellous , with a spiral which , beginning slowly , is most rapid in the middle of the barrel , and decreases again before it ...
... muzzle ; with a twist which is rapid at the breech , and becomes slow at the muzzle ; and , still more marvellous , with a spiral which , beginning slowly , is most rapid in the middle of the barrel , and decreases again before it ...
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... muzzle of the smooth - bored barrel , and kept it steady for a certain distance in flight . The complication , however , of such a device as this , compared with the normal method of giving rotation to the bullet , quite precluded its ...
... muzzle of the smooth - bored barrel , and kept it steady for a certain distance in flight . The complication , however , of such a device as this , compared with the normal method of giving rotation to the bullet , quite precluded its ...
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... muzzle would , of course , retain . Consider for a moment what engine - power and mechanism would be required to give rotation to a heavy cannon at a speed of several hundred turns in one second , when adjusted in any direction ...
... muzzle would , of course , retain . Consider for a moment what engine - power and mechanism would be required to give rotation to a heavy cannon at a speed of several hundred turns in one second , when adjusted in any direction ...
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