. Views of Troy and Cohoes. INTERIOR OF GUN SlIOI—WATERVLIET ARSENALShowing the 16 inch gun, the largest ever cast. It is 4y feet 3 inclies long, weighs pounds, being 5 feet in diameter over breech and inches at muzzle. It re(|uired poundsof forging to manufacture and cost about ,594,000. It throws a projectile s feet long weighing 2400 pounds and requires 660 pounds ofsmokeless powder to each charge. The velocity attained by the projectile is 2,300 feet per second, and according to He Marres formulawill penetrate inches of steel at muzzle and inches at u distance
. Views of Troy and Cohoes. INTERIOR OF GUN SlIOI—WATERVLIET ARSENALShowing the 16 inch gun, the largest ever cast. It is 4y feet 3 inclies long, weighs pounds, being 5 feet in diameter over breech and inches at muzzle. It re(|uired poundsof forging to manufacture and cost about ,594,000. It throws a projectile s feet long weighing 2400 pounds and requires 660 pounds ofsmokeless powder to each charge. The velocity attained by the projectile is 2,300 feet per second, and according to He Marres formulawill penetrate inches of steel at muzzle and inches at u distance of 2 THE MAMMOTH i6 IN. GUN MOUNTED FUR TRANSlOKTATIoXIs located at Sandy Hook, N. J., for Coast Defence. I^< V-o^
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