The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1863 |
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... projectiles and armor- plates , continued experimentation and actual war service have , as yet , led to no universally - accepted conclusions . The problem of photo- graphing in natural colors seems fast approaching a solution , and ...
... projectiles and armor- plates , continued experimentation and actual war service have , as yet , led to no universally - accepted conclusions . The problem of photo- graphing in natural colors seems fast approaching a solution , and ...
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... projectiles , to enable him to rifle his guns on the compression principle . A gun , exhibited as the invention of Lieut . Engstrom , of the Swedish navy , was of cast iron , rifled in four grooves ; the projectile was cylindro ...
... projectiles , to enable him to rifle his guns on the compression principle . A gun , exhibited as the invention of Lieut . Engstrom , of the Swedish navy , was of cast iron , rifled in four grooves ; the projectile was cylindro ...
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... projectiles . - Impregnable Port - hole . In the naval department a model was shown for closing the aperture of a port - hole , during the time when it is unoccupied by the gun , with a revolving shield . The gun goes out through a ball ...
... projectiles . - Impregnable Port - hole . In the naval department a model was shown for closing the aperture of a port - hole , during the time when it is unoccupied by the gun , with a revolving shield . The gun goes out through a ball ...
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... projectile being so great as to penetrate the plates through and through , owing to the non - resistance of the wood back- ing , the shot did its work without causing the same amount of vibra- tion as a shot at a lower velocity , on the ...
... projectile being so great as to penetrate the plates through and through , owing to the non - resistance of the wood back- ing , the shot did its work without causing the same amount of vibra- tion as a shot at a lower velocity , on the ...
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... projectile . The next trial was made with shell , fired from the same rifled twelve- pounder against a target of two - inch armor - plate , with a backing of oak beams nearly a foot in thickness . The shell , with a bursting charge of ...
... projectile . The next trial was made with shell , fired from the same rifled twelve- pounder against a target of two - inch armor - plate , with a backing of oak beams nearly a foot in thickness . The shell , with a bursting charge of ...
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