The artillerist's hand-book of reference. By G. Will and J.C. Dalton1876 |
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ammunition angle Army Artillery attached axletree bed B.L. fuze B.L. guns ball barrel battery block bolted bore bottom brackets breech bursting charge calibre canvas cartouch carriage Carronades cast-iron centre coil common shells consists copper Court Martial cylinder Describe detonating diameter diaphragm elevation field fire fitted friction tube front garrison groove gun cotton gunpowder handspike head hook horses howitzers ignited inches iron lanyard length lever limber M.L.R. guns Martini-Henry mealed powder mortar muzzle offence officer ordnance PACKING pair percussion fuze Pettman's picket piece placed plate platform plug portfire powder projectile quick match rear Regimental Reserve rifled guns riveted rocket rope round S.B. guns Saltpetre screw shaft shot shrapnel shells side siege sight soldier spirit level splinter bar steel straps tackle tangent scale tin cup tinued tion transom tridge trunnion twist velocity vent wagon weight wheel windage wood wooden wrought-iron yards
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Page 223 - ... that the offender shall be kept in solitary confinement for any portion or portions of such imprisonment, or of such imprisonment with hard labour, not exceeding one month at any one time, and not exceeding three months in any one year, as to the court in its discretion shall seem meet.
Page 175 - Perjury, by the common law, seemeth to be a wilful false oath, by one who being lawfully required to depose the truth in any proceeding in a court of justice, swears absolutely in a matter of some consequence to the point in question, whether he be believed or not.
Page 224 - Year, with Intervals between the Periods of Solitary Confinement of not less Duration than such Periods of Solitary Confinement...
Page 75 - If the voyage is likely to last some days, the cartouches with the ammunition must be taken out of the boxes, and stowed in the magazine. The ammunition must be so placed that whatever part belongs to any particular carriage may be got at without difficulty. When the cartouches are not taken out, the boxes must be stowed well aft in the hold, or between decks, and they should be well covered with wadmilltilts, or hair cloths.
Page 75 - ... it is received by the man on the other side, who hauls it through, hooking the tackle to it, both men holding up the ends of the sling. The men at the breast and behind bring their ropes round, and make them fast to the grummets. The driver holds the horse's head, and makes fast the guys to it. The horse being previously blindfolded, the word "HoiST AWAY," is given, and he is noisted on board.
Page 224 - ... when the imprisonment awarded exceeds eightyfour days, the solitary confinement shall not exceed seven days in any twenty-eight days of the whole imprisonment awarded, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement...
Page 82 - Law, includes all the legal means, exclusive of mere argument, which tend to prove or disprove any matter of fact, the truth of which is submitted to judicial investigation.
Page 72 - Echelon is when the line is broken into several parts, moving direct to the front or rear in succession. Oblique echelon is when the divisions of a line wheel, less than the quarter circle, so as to be oblique to the former front and parallel with each other. Short echelon is formed by the two centre companies advancing, and the remaining companies of half-battalions following, in succession, at six paces distance.
Page 18 - ... respectively exposed ; thus the walls or sides of the gun are composed of coils with the fibre running round the gun, so as to enable the gun to bear the transverse strain of the discharge without bursting, whilst the breech end is fortified against the longitudinal strain, or tendency to blow the breech out, by a solid forged breech-piece with the fibre running along the gun. Secondly, in shrinking...