. Scientific American Volume 91 Number 09 (August 1904). -haps the most popularand certainly the most guns in their emplacements, one a 50-caliber, 6-inch,and the other, illustrated on our front page, a 42-caliber, 12-inch rifle. The 12-inch rifle, which wasrecently completed at the gun shops, is one of themodel of 1900. The gun itself, which weighs 131,500pounds, cost $43,451 to construct. It is mounted on a in practice) of 18 miles. This type of gun and mounthas shown very good results in target practice; asat Fort Greble, R. I., where four shots were fired with-in five minutes, with four pe
. Scientific American Volume 91 Number 09 (August 1904). -haps the most popularand certainly the most guns in their emplacements, one a 50-caliber, 6-inch,and the other, illustrated on our front page, a 42-caliber, 12-inch rifle. The 12-inch rifle, which wasrecently completed at the gun shops, is one of themodel of 1900. The gun itself, which weighs 131,500pounds, cost $43,451 to construct. It is mounted on a in practice) of 18 miles. This type of gun and mounthas shown very good results in target practice; asat Fort Greble, R. I., where four shots were fired with-in five minutes, with four perfect hits. Another gunof the type fired five shots in four minutes and thirty-nine seconds during practice at Fortress Monroe, Va. This type of disap-pearing gun carriagehas been so fully illus-trated in the ScientificAmerican that no ex-tended description isnecessary here. In thefront—page engravingthe gun is shown inthe firing position and,therefore, above theparapet. Normally thegun lies in the depress-ed position and en-tirely within the shelter. Groups of Thirty-three Lifelike Lay Figures, Showing the Uniforms of Officers and Men of the United states Army. To left and right the lower cuts show the uniforms worn in the Arctics and tropics respectively.
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