Mortars
['mɔrtɚ]
Examples
- Smooth-bore cannon and mortars of cast-iron and bronze are still retained in some fortresses, though rifled cannon are the only type now made. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- 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.
- These early cannon, bombards, and mortars were mounted on heavy solid wooden frames and moved with great difficulty from place to place. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Howitzers form a class between guns and mortars in length. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The coast defense artillery consists of the 8-, 10-, 12- and 16-inch guns and the 12-inch mortars. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Being shaped internally and externally like an apothecary's mortar, they were called mortars or bombards. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There were women grinding dried plantain in crude stone mortars, while others were fashioning cakes from the powdered flour. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- In guns the length is relatively great, in mortars relatively small, compared to their calibers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A regiment of Kentucky volunteers guarded the mortars and howitzers engaged against Black Fort. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- What about the mortars? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- About the same time Comminges of France invented mortars which threw projectiles weighing 550 pounds. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Shells were invented by the Italians and fired from mortars, but their mode of construction was preserved in great secrecy. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The fort had an armament of 21 guns and 3 mortars on the land side, and 24 guns on the sea front. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They are made up to 27 seconds burning time for guns of 2,600-foot seconds muzzle velocity, and up to 36 seconds for mortars and guns of 1400-foot seconds muzzle velocity. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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