The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . g their frightful charges, of course struck, butthey glanced on the rolling vessels and passed harmlessly on. It wasthe hurricane of smaller shot, with which the Japanese swept the decksand unarmored parts of the Russian ships, killing and demoralizingthe crews, that gained the victory. Operating a Large Gun.—Large naval guns are pointed bymeans of tel
The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . g their frightful charges, of course struck, butthey glanced on the rolling vessels and passed harmlessly on. It wasthe hurricane of smaller shot, with which the Japanese swept the decksand unarmored parts of the Russian ships, killing and demoralizingthe crews, that gained the victory. Operating a Large Gun.—Large naval guns are pointed bymeans of telescopic sights. A small telescope of low magnifyingpower is set on a part of the carriage imafFected by the recoil so that itmoves in exact unison with the gun both laterally and vertically, andis so constructed that it can be depressed the exact number of degreesnecessary to elevate the muzzle of the gun for the desired object-glass is scored with a vertical and a horizontal the range has been correctly estimated, and exact allowance hasbeen made for various disturbing factors—such as the wind, speed ofvessels, etc.—the shot will strike the target if the gun is fired at the 100 WAR-SHIPS AND NAVAL IMPLEMENTS. French Battle-ships of the Pre-dreadnought Type exact instant the image of the target crosses the hair-lines on thetelescoiJe. Firing may be done in two ways: the sight may be de-pressed to the proper angle and by means of the powerful and flexibleelevating gear with which modern guns are equiiiped the telescopemay be kept trained exactly upon the target until the favorable mo-ment for shooting arrives; or the gun may be left stationary and firedwhen the roll of the ship sweeps the image of the target across thetelescojje sight, proi:)erly dejjressed for range. Naturally the pitch-ing- and rolling of the vessel make accurate shooting very difficulteven in ordinary weather, and quite impossible in a heavy sea. Indi-vidual gun-firing has given p
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