Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . one within the other, the outside one bein;; station-ary, the inner one rotalinc. the sruns lirinu; throughport-holes in the outer turret. The surface of thefort is to be heavily armored, and have quarters andstorerooms lic-low tlie armor. McLEAN MACHINE GUN.—This gun, illustratedin lUe (Irawini;, is one in which every detail is madesulionlinate to the one of extreme rapidity of cartridi^es are in mnsazines at each side of thebarrel, and are forced liack l)y their spring followersinto asidewise reciprocatins breech
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . one within the other, the outside one bein;; station-ary, the inner one rotalinc. the sruns lirinu; throughport-holes in the outer turret. The surface of thefort is to be heavily armored, and have quarters andstorerooms lic-low tlie armor. McLEAN MACHINE GUN.—This gun, illustratedin lUe (Irawini;, is one in which every detail is madesulionlinate to the one of extreme rapidity of cartridi^es are in mnsazines at each side of thebarrel, and are forced liack l)y their spring followersinto asidewise reciprocatins breech slide containingchambers for two cartridges. When one of the cham-bers is in line with the barrel the other is inline with. the magazine, and the loaded cartridge pushes outthe old shell, the bullet being too large to pass intothe slide further than its seat. The cartridge is firedin the slide, the force of the recoil serving to cockthe firing-pin so that it is in position for the next shot. The same system is intended to be used witha maga/.ine stnall arm. ])r. McLean has made morevarieties of machine-guns than any oilier maker, Imt,in the opinion of the writi-r, lie has sacrificed toomuch in other directions in orderto secure rapidity of fire, and upto this time none of liis workingguns have met with more than umoderate degree of success. liehas a number of improvementsnow in progress which are ])i<led to overcome tlie dilficul-ties hitherto experienced. SeeMtifJilni -(jlnn. MEALED piilviriz<-d by treating withalcohol. It causes compositionsto burn readily and quickly. See(liiiijirf1fr. MEAN. As a general term, themedium between two extremes,and is ordinarily understood tobe
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