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Instructions for mounting, using and caring for disappearing carriage L.F., model of 1901 for 10-inch guns, models of 1895 and 1900 - Softcover
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... tray to hold the head set. The Telautograph (Plates IX and X) is a receiving instrument only. It is suspended, with its face to the front, from two springs hooked to a bracket which is bolted to the left sighting platform rear support. A spring hooked to a staple riveted in the bottom of its casing, and to a lower bracket which is bolted to the rear flange of the chassis, is provided for the purpose of steadying the instrument. The telautograph has a water-tight brass casing with a door or cover on the front which is fastened on with four swivel bolts fitted with wing nuts. The two lower bolts serve as hinges. A rubber gasket between the case and cover renders the joint water-tight. Two heavy brass handles are hinged to the upper side corners of the case. These serve both as carrying handles and as hangers; the two springs previously mentioned being hooked into them. In a corner of the bottom of the case is a hole, tapped for 1-inoh pipe, through which the wires enter. An Outlet Box, furnished by the Signal Corps and installed by the Ordnance Department, is provided for the purpose of connecting the wiring on the carriage to the telephone and telautograph, and is located on the left chassis above the telephone. It has a cover which is attached by four screws and made water-tight by a rubber gasket. There are three holes tapped in the bottom of the box, through the middle one of which the carriage wires enter. Cables are lead out through the other two holes to the telephone and telautograph. Within this box is a slate base on which are mounted ten binding posts, by means of which the carriage wires are connected to the cables leading to the two instruments. These cables pass through flexible, water-tight, metallic conduits which are provided with union conn...
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Instructions for mounting, using and caring for disappearing carriage L.F., model of 1901 for 10-inch guns, models of 1895 and 1900
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Original -- not a reprint. Retired library book with usual library markings. INSTRUCTIONS MOUNTING, USING, AND CARING FOR DISAPPEARING CARRIAGE, L. F., MODEL OF 1905 Mi, FOR 6-INCH R. F. GUNS, MODELS OF 1903,1905, AND 1908. (NINE PLATES.) [The parts in italics are of particular importance or concern the safety of the carriage and should be specially noted.] [The important changes in this pamphlet are shown in boldface type.] GENERAL DESCRIPTION. THE EMPLACEMENT (Plate I).?Emplacements for these carriages are entirely of concrete and can be arranged for a maximum field of fire of 170 degrees. This limitation is not due to the inability of the carriage to traverse through 360 degrees, but to the requirements of parapet protection for the materiel and connoneers. The anchor bolts are set in the concrete during the construction of the emplacement, the depressions for the thrust plates being also provided in the top surface. Access to the counterVeight well is given by a vertical shaft in the rear and outside of the base ring. THE CARRIAGE (Plates II, III, IV).? 28 pages. Seller Inventory # WB046657
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