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• A breech-loading rifle was also invented about this time. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A form of breech-loading cannon was introduced in the sixteenth century, but the advantageous use of this device is of late invention. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• After loading the pawls are tripped, and the greater gravity of the counterweight raises the gun to firing position again. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It was this weapon which in the Civil War gave proof of the deadly efficacy of the breech-loading magazine gun, and its superiority to the old style military arm. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• With sensitive accumulators of this character hydraulic machinery is much used on board ships for steering them, and for loading, discharging and storing cargoes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The infantry with their muzzle-loading muskets could not keep up a steady enough fire to wither determined cavalry before it charged home. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A 6-inch breech-loading rifle costs $64. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Breech loading has also replaced muzzle loading, another vast advantage in the use of artillery. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This shows that in loading a wheelbarrow, it is important to arrange the load as near to the wheel as possible. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The machine in the lower view is self-propelling, cuts and threshes the grain, throwing out the straw, and places the grain in sacks ready for loading on the wagon. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I had it from the stevedore who has been loading their cargo. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The first of his great breech-loading steel guns was exhibited at the Paris Exhibition in 1867. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The first United States patent for a breech-loading gun was to Thornton and Hall, May 21, 1811. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• One passes the loading docks, where crews of six to eight men each, working as a unit, remove the bodies and wheels from the chassis, and load them into freight cars. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Hall of the United States invented a breech-loading rifle. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• There's a quarter of a pound of powder in the case, and I have got two newspapers in my pocket for the loadings. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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