Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888
Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888

Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888

Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888The gunners of the French fleet are possessed of a skill...
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888

Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888

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Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888

Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888

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Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888

The gunners of the French fleet are possessed of a skill which is recognized by all the maritime powers, and these picked men proved this at the siege of Paris, where they made themselves illustrious, not only by their courage and their coolness, but also by the accuracy of their firing. Nothing is neglected, moreover, to keep up the precision of hand and eye that distinguishes them, and which has become so much the more necessary in that it is no longer a question of firing a broadside at the enemy and reckoning on one ball being more fortunate than another in damaging the enemy's ship. At present, the most powerful ironclad has four, and sometimes six or eight, guns of large caliber, which are of from 30 to 100 tons. Every shot represents not only an enormous sum, but also a prodigious force expended, and so powder must not be used too lavishly, since the shot should be in relation with the colossal power that it represents, and the shell adopted in the navy is accompanied with so disastrous effects that a single one, well directed, is capable of reducing the enemy's ship to impotence. So exercises in firing are becoming more and more frequent, and they have a right to be multiplied, inasmuch as the present guns are complicated affairs, the maneuvering of which requires constant practice. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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