Caliber

Examples

• Military cannon are divided into three classes, based upon the length of caliber, and technically known as guns, mortars and howitzers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The enemy had generally new arms which had run the blockade and were of uniform caliber. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It may be noted that the caliber is the diameter of the bore of a gun. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Using a sub-caliber rifle rigidly attached to the muzzle of the gun and fired electrically by the firing gear of the big gun. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A 14-inch gun of 45 caliber can discharge a 1,400-pound projectile at a muzzle velocity of 2,600 feet per second. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In drilling 22-calibers, for example, the length of the hole must be from 100 to 125 times the diameter of the drill. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The statement that a gun has a length of 45 calibers, for example, implies that the gun is forty-five times the bore’s diameter. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In guns the length is relatively great, in mortars relatively small, compared to their calibers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Thus a 12-inch gun of 45 calibers is 45 feet long. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

Typist: Ollie