Report on Life-saving Ordnance and AppurtenancesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 - 164 pages |
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300-yard stake Accompanying Appendix anemometer axial cavity axis base of frustum base to center bore breech bronze gun caliber Captain Manby's carriage cascabel casting center of eye-hole center of gravity centimeters charge coil cord cubic inches Diameter of eye-hole Diameter of neck Diameter of screw dimensions Distance of center EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTILE fakes faking-box faking-pins feet front fuse gravity from base groove ground hauled hawser iron Kilograms knot Length from plane Length of cylindrical Length of frustum Length of ogival life-saving rocket linen line Manby marked metal miles per hour mortar muzzle Number ogival head Ordnance piece plane of base plane of reference Plate pounds powder Radius of head range rimbases rope sabot Sandy Hook shank shore shot-lines Side elevation Silver Lake Sinches smooth-bore projectiles specific gravity specimen stranded studs Thickness at eye Total length Transverse section trunnions velocity vessel Volume washer Weight wind wreck yards YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY