The Artillerists̓ Manual, and British Soldiers̓ CompendiumW. H. Allen & Company, 1859 - 354 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα xix
... , Embrasures , & c . 228 Directions for tracing a battery Dimensions of an elevated Gun battery Dimensions of parapet requisite to be proof 229 229 • • 229 Shelter from an enemy's fire .. Epaulments . Elevated sand INDEX xix.
... , Embrasures , & c . 228 Directions for tracing a battery Dimensions of an elevated Gun battery Dimensions of parapet requisite to be proof 229 229 • • 229 Shelter from an enemy's fire .. Epaulments . Elevated sand INDEX xix.
Σελίδα xx
... parapets , and banquettes 251 To find , rapidly , ditto ditto 251 To compute the content of the ditch 251 To find the ... Parapet . Banquette . Revetment , Berm Bastions . Curtain . Front of fortification . Ditch . Covered way . Glacis ...
... parapets , and banquettes 251 To find , rapidly , ditto ditto 251 To compute the content of the ditch 251 To find the ... Parapet . Banquette . Revetment , Berm Bastions . Curtain . Front of fortification . Ditch . Covered way . Glacis ...
Σελίδα 80
... parapet a little higher than the level of the battery ; and , on the whole , the best ele- vation to enfilade a work is from 6 to 9 degrees , measured above the crest of the parapet with corresponding charges . 3. The charge , and ...
... parapet a little higher than the level of the battery ; and , on the whole , the best ele- vation to enfilade a work is from 6 to 9 degrees , measured above the crest of the parapet with corresponding charges . 3. The charge , and ...
Σελίδα 168
... parapet , and near the mouth of the embrasure , the other numbers forming upon their right and left in succession . No. 1 following in rear of the rear rank ; they face to the right about together . The detachment , now close to the parapet ...
... parapet , and near the mouth of the embrasure , the other numbers forming upon their right and left in succession . No. 1 following in rear of the rear rank ; they face to the right about together . The detachment , now close to the parapet ...
Σελίδα 169
... parapet . When in casemates , or blindages , or when there is no parapet , the side arms must be laid on the ground , parallel to the gun , heads to the rear , and supported to keep them off the ground . Two on each side of the platform ...
... parapet . When in casemates , or blindages , or when there is no parapet , the side arms must be laid on the ground , parallel to the gun , heads to the rear , and supported to keep them off the ground . Two on each side of the platform ...
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Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
9 Pr angle arms-Two axletree blue box containing bore Brass breech Camp-kettle Captain Carbine carriage Carronade cartridges CHANGE FRONT charge common shells counterscarp diameter ditto divisions double column drag-ropes drams Dress echellon Eleva elevation Eyes front Farrier feet long files fire FORM LINE forming Square four frustrum fuze give the word half battery Halt Halt-Dress handspikes holes horses Howitzer inches iron leading company left in front length lever Limber load Mealed powder mortar multiply muzzle non-commissioned officer Open column Ordnance paces parapet pickets piece placed platform portfires pounder Quarter distance QUICK MARCH range RE-FORM rear rank REMAINING COMPANIES Right about face right in front RIGHT OR LEFT RIGHT WHEEL rocket rope Saltpetre screw Sections Shoulder arms shrapnel side Side Arms sling slope slow match solid shot Spare sponge swords take ground terreplein transom tridges trunnions Water-bucket weight Words of command yards
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Σελίδα 330 - The circle contains a greater area than any other plane figure, bounded by an equal perimeter, or outline. 2. The areas of circles are to each other as the squares of their diameters ; any circle twice the diameter of another contains four times the area of the other.
Σελίδα 282 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard...
Σελίδα 277 - Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals in the quotient, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Σελίδα 279 - Multiply each term in the multiplicand, beginning at the lowest, by the feet in the multiplier, and write...
Σελίδα 304 - ... ends. Problem 57. What is the relative strength of a beam fixed at one end and loaded at the other, to a beam uniformly loaded and supported at both ends? Answer.
Σελίδα 323 - A sphere is a solid figure described by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which remains unmoved.
Σελίδα 335 - The Measure of an angle, is an arc of any circle contained between the two lines which form that angle, the angular point being the centre ; and it is estimated by the number of degrees contained in that arc.
Σελίδα 335 - The Tangent of an arc, is a line touching the circle in one extremity of that arc, continued from thence to meet a line drawn from the centre through the other extremity; which last line is called the Secant of the same arc.
Σελίδα 322 - MULTIPLY the longest diameter, or axis, by the shortest ; then multiply the product by the decimal -7854, for the area. As appears from cor. 2, theor. 3, of the Ellipse, in the Conic Sections. Ex. 1. Required the area of an ellipse whose two axes are 70 and 50.
Σελίδα 294 - If the vessel have a poop or half deck, or a break in the upper deck, measure the inside mean length, breadth, and height of such part thereof as may be included within the bulk-head ; multiply these three Measurements together, and dividing the product by 92.4, the quotient will be the number of tons to be added to the result as above found.