The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . nstruction and additionallongitudinal strength by interlocking the variouscoils from breech to muzzle; this feature stillexists in all designs adopted by the Englishgovernment, but foreign designers do not favour it altogether, andmany of their guns of the iatest type have a number of shortindependent hoops shrunk on, especially over the chase. Their viewis that movements—such as stretching of the inner parts—arebound to take place under the huge forces acting upon the tubes,and that it is better
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . nstruction and additionallongitudinal strength by interlocking the variouscoils from breech to muzzle; this feature stillexists in all designs adopted by the Englishgovernment, but foreign designers do not favour it altogether, andmany of their guns of the iatest type have a number of shortindependent hoops shrunk on, especially over the chase. Their viewis that movements—such as stretching of the inner parts—arebound to take place under the huge forces acting upon the tubes,and that it is better to allow freedom for these to take placenaturally rather than to make any attempt to retard them. Onthe other hand it cannot be denied that the rigid construction is rh A stronger material than ordinary carbon gun steel was conse-quently demanded from the steel-makers, in order to keep the weightsof the heavier natures of guns within reasonable limits. The demandwas met by the introduction of a gun steel haying about 4% ofnickel in addition to about 04% of carbon. This alloy gives great 3.
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