A Treatise on Naval GunneryJ. Murray, 1855 - 645 pagina's |
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32-pounder gun 8-inch guns 8-inch shell advantage angle armament armed artillery attack ball ballistic pendulum batteries board the Excellent bore breech British burst calibre canon-obusier Captain carriage carried carronades cartridge case-shot centre of gravity chamber charge close action cylinder degree deviations diameter direction distance ditto effect elevation enemy's equal excentric experiments explosion feet fighting fired force Forecastle French French navy frigates fuze grape graze greater hollow shot horizontal howitzers ignited inches increased initial velocity iron length loading long guns Main Deck Minié Minié rifle motion musket muzzle natures of ordnance Naval Gunnery naval service navy object obtained officers Paixhans passed pendulum penetrating percussion plane powder practice produced projectiles proportion range recoil resistance rifle rocket round round shot Sevastopol shell-firing shell-gun side solid shot spherical splinters struck sufficient Table terminal velocity tion vertical vessels weight windage yards