Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 8-Inch Disappearing Carriages: L. F., Model of 1896 for 8-Inch Gun, Models of 1888 MI and MII (Five Plates) (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Dept, United States Army Ordnance

9780666980618: Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 8-Inch Disappearing Carriages: L. F., Model of 1896 for 8-Inch Gun, Models of 1888 MI and MII (Five Plates) (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 8-Inch Disappearing Carriages: L. F., Model of 1896 for 8-Inch Gun, Models of 1888 MI and MII (Five Plates)

When the gun comes to rest, it has the proper loading angle. After loading, the pawls are tripped and the eater moment of the counterweight enables it to raise the gun to t e firing position.

The trunnions of the gun rest in bron'ze - bushed trunnion beds at the 11 per ends of the gun levers. These levers are made Of cast stee and are pivoted near their middle points upon an axle Of forged steel which rests in bronzed-bushed bearings in the top carriage.

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