...N E CORNISH © Thomas Telford and ICE 1901 KRUPP BURSTS EXPLOSIONS GUNS METHODS REPAIRS RIVERS PRESSURE FRACTURE WAVES GUNPOWDER ARTILLERY ACCIDENTS EXPLOSIVES BREECHES MIN FOOCHOW CHINA ASIA Paper CORNISH ON THE BURSTING OF A 4s-TONIIRUPP GUF. 241 (Paper...

...J RIGBY © Thomas Telford and ICE 1893 ENFIELD ROYAL SMALL ARMS FACTORY MANUFACTURE SMALL ARMS RIFLES ORDNANCE MACHINERY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES GUNS FACTORIES BARRELS BREECHES LOADING MECHANISMS SWORDS BAYONETS WEAPONS MILITARY MAGAZINES GOVERNMENT ENFIELD...

... and breech mechanism, by reason of the large diameterof the powder-chamber required for this large air-spacing. With the newform of powder proposed by the Author, a higher gravimetric density of the charge is said to be obtained, together witha higher velocity and lower pressure. It is calculated in the case...

... situated that their insides will be in line with thecircumference of the bore, or of the chamber, as the case may be, and, if cut transversely, to be EO situated that themiddle of the lengthof each specimen shall be a tangent to thebore, or to thechamber, as the case may be. From Breech-pieces or Jackets...

... MANUFACTURING FACTORIES EXPERIMENTS TEMPERING ORDNANCE OIL HARDENING METALS PRESSES FORGING INGOTS ELONGATION SHOCKS CARBON INGOTS FRACTURE SHEARING STRESS TENSILE CRYSTALLINE PROCESS STRENGTH DUCTILITY TUBES STRAIN BREECHES COOLING CASTING Proceedings.] DISCUSSION ON THE TREATMENT...

... is known of the laws ofgaseous friction at high pressures; but as an approximation it may be assumed with Rankinel that the -.resistance = f p S V2 29 when f = 0.006. p = weight in lbs. of cubic foot of gas. S = surface of contact in square feet. V = velocity in feet per second. Now at the breech V = 0...

... BREECHES RIFLES BORES GUNPOWDER EXPLOSIVES 36 ADDRESS O F SIR W. G. ARMSTRONG, PRESIDENT. [Minutes of Sir W. G. Armstrongaddrewed the Meeting in the following terms on taking the chair, for the first time, after his election as President :- It has been the practice of my predecessors in the chair I...

... satisfactorily demonst,rated. Practical objections had, however,been fairlyandlegitimately urgedagainstthe proposed plan. Theserelated chiefly tothe difficulty of securing the ends of the wire, of strengthening the breech, and of formingthe muzzle. Howfar the Author (Mr. Longridge) hadsucceeded in meeting...

... STEEL WIRE EXPLOSIONS IRON WROUGHT CAST STRENGTH BURSTS ARTILLERY FORMULAE CRACKS CRACKING ARMAMENTS METALS BREECHES MODULUS ELASTICITY TUBES MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURE METALLURGY SHOT CHARGES PRESSURE MATHEMATICS PROJECTILES LOADING TENSILE HEAT TEMPERATURE THICKNESS...

...G W RENDEL ELSWICK GUNS CARRIAGES MACHINERY ORDNANCE ARTILLERY WEAPONS COMPRESSORS IRON WROUGHT SLIDES LOADING POWER HYDRAULICS RECOIL TURRETS RAMMING RAMMERS BREECHES MUZZLES MECHANICAL WARSHIPS WAR SHIPS MOUNTINGS ARMAMENTS ROLLERS GUN-CARRIAGES FOR HEAVY...

... that as the instructions of the Secretary of State require a full rcport on Mr. Whitworth s system of breech-loading FieldArtillery,all thesepointswill bc included inthatinquiry: and asthe standard of comparison must necessarily be the corrcsponding breech-loading gun of the service, theCommitteehopc that every particular...

... NAVIES COASTS FORTS FORTIFICATIONS SHIPS WARSHIPS SPEED IRON ARMOUR ARTILLERY PLATES GUNS COASTS SHIPBUILDING FLOATING BATTERIES ORDNANCE BATTLESHIPS PLATING SEA FLEETS PORTS HARBOURS DOCKYARDS INVASION LAND FRIGATES STEAMSHIPS PROJECTILES SHELLS FUSES MUZZLES BREECHES...

... ACCURACY EXPLOSIVES GUNPOWDER BURSTING METALS RANGE TESTS EXPLOSIONS WIRE BINDING WROUGHT CAST ORDNANCE COOLING BORES BREECHES LOADING MUZZLES WEAPONS 338 CONSTRUCTION OF ARTILLERY. Mr. BrDnERPresidentid he felt it was hardly necessary to ask the Meeting to express its acknowledgments...

...W STRODE © Thomas Telford and ICE 1860 RIFLES GUNS BREECHES LOADING BREECR-LOADING RIFLES. 461 MCKENZIEAND WENTWORTHB RS EECH-LOADRINFLGES. After the Meeting, Mr. W. Strode, (Assoc. Inst. C.E exhibited S ecirnens, and explained the action, of Messrs. McKenzie and 6entworth s breech...

... BREECHES REVOLVERS FORGING WORKMEN WORKERS LABOUR EDUCATION MANUFACTURING CONSTRUCTION PISTOLS CHAMBERS UNITED STATES USA UK ROTATING CHAMBERED-BRFEIREEC-HARMS. 51 Colonel COLT,inanswertoquestionsfromthePresident,ex- plained, that the course of this invention did not differ from...

... . 4 p c r cent. . . . 22.8 do. . . . 18.0 do. . . . 17.0 do. November 2.5, 1851. SIRWILLIAM CURITT, Prepident, in the Chair. No. 86:L On the application of nlachinery to the manufacture of Rotating Chambered-Breech Fire-Arms, and the peculiarities *of those Arms." By COLONELSAMUECLOLT.(U. S. America...