Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . lic car-tridge-cases. See Cniinon-primern. PEIMER EXTRACTOR.—A reloading tool, whosefunction is to extract the 7>W;«r;-from the cartridge-shell, when it is required to reload the shell. It isvariously designed. The drawing shows a veryhandy and efficient form of extractor, suitable for re- certain States in Germany. The title is now verygeneially applied to tlie sons of Kings and Emper-ors, and persons of the Blood-Hoyal. In variousparts of Continental Europe, the title Prince is borneliv families of eminent rank, but not
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . lic car-tridge-cases. See Cniinon-primern. PEIMER EXTRACTOR.—A reloading tool, whosefunction is to extract the 7>W;«r;-from the cartridge-shell, when it is required to reload the shell. It isvariously designed. The drawing shows a veryhandy and efficient form of extractor, suitable for re- certain States in Germany. The title is now verygeneially applied to tlie sons of Kings and Emper-ors, and persons of the Blood-Hoyal. In variousparts of Continental Europe, the title Prince is borneliv families of eminent rank, but not possessed ofsovereignty: ami in England a Duke is, in strict her-aldic lang\iage, entitled to be styled High Puissantand Most Noble Prince, and a JIarquis or Earl asMost Noble and Puissant Prince. Practically,however, in Britain, the term Prince is restricted tomembers of the Royal Family. The eldest son ofthe reigning Sovereign is by a special patent createdPrince of Wales, and this is the only case in whichthe title Prince is connected with a territorial dis-. loading central fire cartridge-shells of any operate it. it is only necessary to insert the shell,close the handles just enough to cause the chisel topenetrate the primer, and elevate the tongue suffi-ciently to throw it out. PEIMIGENIA.—A kind oi pike very much resem-blins tlie pilum. PKIMING-TTJBE.—A tube to contain an inflamma-ble composition, which occupies the vent of a gunwhose charge is fired when the composition is ignit-ed. There are several kinds of priming-tubes, firedby port-fire, lock. or frkton. The tube is made ofquill, paper, or metol. and is charged with mealedpowder damped with methylated spirit, or by a de-tonating composition, sucli as chlorate of potash andantimony. The tube is .slightly smaller than the gunvent, inthe relative proportions of -f^, and | of aninch, and a hollow is made down the middle of thecomposition, so that the fire may involve the wholelength instantaneously.
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