Projectiles

Examples

• Nearly 5,000 patents have been granted in the United States for firearms, and about 2,400 for projectiles. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• An important result of these changes is the use of elongated instead of round balls, this permitting of the employment of much heavier projectiles for the same width of bore. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As each of these projectiles weighed 1,400 pounds any battleship receiving such a broadside would probably have gone promptly to the bottom. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As a rule, however, non-exploding projectiles are used at night. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The strife still continues between impenetrable armour plate and irresistible projectiles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The object of the gun is to combine in one piece the destructive effect of a great many, and to throw a continuous hail of projectiles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The _Hotchkiss_ revolving cannon is another celebrated American production named from its inventor, and constructed to throw heavier projectiles than the Gatling. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The construction of metals, both for cannon to resist most intense explosives and for plates to resist the penetration of the best projectiles, have received great attention. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Irresistible Projectiles and Impenetrable Armour Plate. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• About the same time Comminges of France invented mortars which threw projectiles weighing 550 pounds. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The Dutch also invented the howitzer, a short gun in which the projectiles could be introduced by hand. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• As to the Chinese is given the credit for the invention of gunpowder, so they must also be regarded as the first to throw projectiles by its means. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In the metal working art the making of firearms and projectiles has grown to wonderful proportions. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Made-up ammunition, with brass cartridge cases, and cast-iron and forged steel shells and armor-piercing projectiles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They have had me down in the pits below the buildings helping them mix their awful radium powder, and make their terrible projectiles. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Processes for hardening steel, as the Harveyized steel, have given rise to a contest between irresistible projectiles and impenetrable armour plate. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The projectiles shown are a three-inch capped, a four-inch capped, a five-inch and a six-inch uncapped, eight-inch uncapped and capped, ten-inch uncapped and capped and twelve-inch capped. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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