The Land We Live In: Part Iii.
The Land We Live In: Part Iii.
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The Govern- ment buys the material from private firms, and builds up the gun from the parts furnished. First a central tube of the most elastic steel is taken, the required size, having perhaps a thirteen-inch bore, or calibre, forged from a single piece of steel.
"Over the breech-end of the tube is shrunk a steel 160 THE LAND WE LIVE IN.
jacket, upon the jacket is shrunk a layer of broad steel hoops, and upon the tube in front of the jacket is placed a series of smaller steel hoops, extending ...to the muzzle.
This cut of the Elswick Big Rifle shows how we make our great guns by adding layer after layer of metal.
"After these hoops have been placed in position so as to give great strength to the gun, it is taken to an -♦».«§ MtfMM KLf WICK H0» TOM OUH- cmi'^TirziT'" ' j'"" ' ff«# i 1 ^Ti-T-l-M -trt' i-r r -f-'fl 11 1' T T f ^ 'f y -f T f Y f ? T 1 T ^T f 1 ■? T ^ f ^^r -?1 KIG GUNS.
immense lathe and rifled; that is, grooves, which twirl round on the inside of the bore one and a half times, are cut half an inch wide and five hundredths of an inch in depth." "What good do these grooves do,.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The Govern- ment buys the material from private firms, and builds up the gun from the parts furnished. First a central tube of the most elastic steel is taken, the required size, having perhaps a thirteen-inch bore, or calibre, forged from a single piece of steel.
"Over the breech-end of the tube is shrunk a steel 160 THE LAND WE LIVE IN.
jacket, upon the jacket is shrunk a layer of broad steel hoops, and upon the tube in front of the jacket is placed a series of smaller steel hoops, extending ...to the muzzle.
This cut of the Elswick Big Rifle shows how we make our great guns by adding layer after layer of metal.
"After these hoops have been placed in position so as to give great strength to the gun, it is taken to an -♦».«§ MtfMM KLf WICK H0» TOM OUH- cmi'^TirziT'" ' j'"" ' ff«# i 1 ^Ti-T-l-M -trt' i-r r -f-'fl 11 1' T T f ^ 'f y -f T f Y f ? T 1 T ^T f 1 ■? T ^ f ^^r -?1 KIG GUNS.
immense lathe and rifled; that is, grooves, which twirl round on the inside of the bore one and a half times, are cut half an inch wide and five hundredths of an inch in depth." "What good do these grooves do,.
What to read after The Land We Live In: Part Iii.?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Charles Francis King to read onlineMoreLess
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