Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

INN

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 241 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

INN al See also:

ass u ss q 0 ll r I-10, Parts of See also:frame; See also:Breech plug; 12, Striker; 13, Extractor; 14, See also:Cartridge See also:receiver; the See also:Gatling, the most important of the See also:hand-operated See also:machine guns was the Nordenfeldt, which was principally designed for See also:naval use about the See also:time when See also:torpedo-boats were beginning to be regarded as dangerous antagonists. ' The U.S. See also:pattern Gatling hardly differed except in details from the See also:model, above described, of twenty years earlier. The See also:drum had been set horizontally instead of vertically and improved in de-tails, and a " gravity feed," a tall See also:vertical charger, was also used. The barrels were surrounded with a See also:light casing. Tests made of the improved Gatling showed that the use of only one See also:barrel at a time prevented overheating. On one trial 63,000 rounds were fired without a jam, and without stopping to clean the barrels. Smokeless See also:powder and the See also:modern cartridge See also:case were of course used. 2 The following particulars may be given of the 2-barrelled See also:Gardner and 3-barrelled Nordenfeldt (See also:land service) converted to take the .303 cartridge: See also:Weight, 92 and to lb respectively; See also:parapet mounting in each case 168 lb; See also:rate of See also:fire of Gardner about 250 rounds per See also:minute, of the Nordenfeldt about 350. A few of these guns are still used in fortresses and See also:coast defences.See also:succession. In this piece, careful aim can be taken from a moving See also:platform, and at the right moment the barrels can be fired at the See also:object almost simultaneously.

End of Article: INN

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
INMAN, HENRY (1801-1846) 		[next]
INNERLEITHEN

Site © 2006 - Net Industries