Identifier: scientific-american-1896-11-21 (find matches)
Title: Scientific American Volume 75 Number 21 (November 1896)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
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Subjects: scientific tbe american patent tion wild valve dogs scientific american munn cast iron building edition candle power coast defense rapid transit corn pith hunting dogs rapid fire american supplement
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f 9 inch Harvey steel.It has electric and tele-phone communicationwith the handlingrooms, where the am-munition is passed up tothe big guns in the tur-rets, with the firing sta-tions, and with the en-gine room. Here thecaptain will take up hisposition during an en-gagement, and controlevery movement of theship. Above the charthouse is seen the flyingbridge, from which thenavigation of the shipis usually carried out.Behind this is the tallsteel military mast sur-mounted by the tops, a small circular platform, uponwhich are placed two Hotchkiss rapid fire guns, whosedeadly hail of builets will sweep the decks of theenemy. This will be the most perilous position on theship, as it makes a conspicuous mark for the enemy. Itis reported that at the Yulu one of the tops of a Chinesewar ship was struck by a single rapid fire shell, whichkilled every one of the seven men that it contained. The superstructure deck carries two 4 inch rapid fireguns, two 6 pounder, two 3 pounder, and two 1 pounder
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FOUB INCH RAPID FIRE GUN WITH REVOLVING SHIELD. COAST DEFENSE MONITOR AMPHITRITE. © 1896 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INC. 382 gfxuutxiu %mmtm. (November 21, 1896. rapid fire guns. We give two illustrations of the 4 inchguns, which, although they are of comparatively smallsize, are among the most effective and handy weaponsin the navy. They are mounted on steel carriages whichrotate on a circle of rollers, carried by a cast steel pedes-tal which is itself firmly bolted to the deck. A semicircu-lar shield, 2 inches thick, is attached by brackets to thetop carriage and rotates with the gun. The shieldreaches well down over the pedestal and affords fullprotection to the gun mount and the crew. The gun,carriage and shield are so evenly balanced that thepiece can be raised or lowered with the greatest ease.The illustration taken from the rear shows the breechmechanism, the recoil cylinder beneath the gun, andthe sights. The training is effected by the crank wheelat the side and the elevation by t

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