Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . road on level f;ri>iiii(l Ih twoiiiiliiied ]ilanes nieetinj; in the center of rou<l, andliavin;; their allele sliirhtly rounded. On n Hteephill,the transverse prcjtile slionld he a siniile slope inclin-inj; inwards to the fuee of thehill. li. Ditrlii Pile ditches shcjidd, if possiljic. lead intothe natural water-courses of the country. T). IlnHididiiiiimiftif nitlin!i:rcech-block,which rotates about a horizontal M) to the barrel, lyiiii; above i>f the barrel ami inrear
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . road on level f;ri>iiii(l Ih twoiiiiliiied ]ilanes nieetinj; in the center of rou<l, andliavin;; their allele sliirhtly rounded. On n Hteephill,the transverse prcjtile slionld he a siniile slope inclin-inj; inwards to the fuee of thehill. li. Ditrlii Pile ditches shcjidd, if possiljic. lead intothe natural water-courses of the country. T). IlnHididiiiiimiftif nitlin!i:rcech-block,which rotates about a horizontal M) to the barrel, lyiiii; above i>f the barrel ami inrear, bcini; nii>veil from above. The pieciis openedby raisiiina hooked eatch-lcvc-r, at theen<l of the tan;;ot the breecb-block, out of its notch in llx tani; ofthe receiver. This depresses Iheforwanl end of theblock so as In e.^iMisethe chamber. The reaction ofthe breech-lilock spriiu; lying uudcrueatli the block. throws up the front of the block sutliciently to keepthe cartridge from fallinix out of the chamber beforethe breech is fullv closed. The closing is done by rctiirniMK the lever to ilH place, or aiilomutically liy r-ockin;r Ihi- piece. The back of the lianinier in tin;latter case presses a^ainsl tin- enil of the slot in thetan^ of the liriecb-block in w hich it plays, and horaJHCH the front r,f the block into place. The pieceis locked by the poHJIion of llie breech-block, whicliis also kept in place tiy the enj^a^inn f k- liook ofI the catch-lever with u correspondini; notch in thetaiiL of the rcceivir. and ejection uc<iaccompanied by a bitil liver pivoted to the side ofthe receiver bilow the chamber, and sinick by thebreeih-bloik face in its descent. B0BERT80N RIFLE. A breei-h-joadiiiK Hmall-amihavini; a chamber closed by a movable tireeeli-block, which rotates alamt a hori/.ontal axis at 00to the of the barrel, lyin^ below the axis of tUebarrel and in fr
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