Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . cannon an onlinary gin cansonuliines be used for llie muzzle, the jack being re- |((uired for elcvaling tlie breech only. In buililingtlic cribs the thickest blocks, as a rule, should be I — y- was flomotimoB used in uport to dlHtingiiiRh the bat-talion men from the flank companies. It was in-deed generally apiilieil to them by the Grenudiernand Fjghl IJobs, meaning that whilr- the latter arc de-tached, the former rrmain in (juarters, like cutH to watell the iriiri. etc. MOUSING A HOOK.—A mode of passing a piece ofspun yarn
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . cannon an onlinary gin cansonuliines be used for llie muzzle, the jack being re- |((uired for elcvaling tlie breech only. In buililingtlic cribs the thickest blocks, as a rule, should be I — y- was flomotimoB used in uport to dlHtingiiiRh the bat-talion men from the flank companies. It was in-deed generally apiilieil to them by the Grenudiernand Fjghl IJobs, meaning that whilr- the latter arc de-tached, the former rrmain in (juarters, like cutH to watell the iriiri. etc. MOUSING A HOOK.—A mode of passing a piece ofspun yarn round the point and back of the liook ofa block, in ordiT to prevent it disengaging itselffrom anvlhiii.; to which it may be hooked. A body of horse-soldiers un-der the oM IreiK h llijfimf., raised by Louis XIII. in1033. This Corjjs was considered a Military Schoolfor the French nobility. It was disbanded in l(i4(f,but was restored in l(i.)7. A .second company in KidO, and formed (,ardinal MuzarinsGuard. Also written Muaketeim /fl*. tt^aaafgstfejtfe* placed at the bottom, and thin blocks .should be re-placed by thicker ones as the gun rises. 3d. The cannon being on or by the platform, thechassis and the top carriage in position or not. In many instances the position of the platform issuch that the mounting may be facilitated by th?jacks being placed above the gun. In this case aspecial device is used. The jacks, two in number,are supported each upon a heavy timber or bolnterresting on blocks, or on high, strong trestles. Ontop of the jac:k rests one end of a lerer, the other endbearing on a fulcrum. A strong iron hoisting-bnralso through one made in the lever. This bar ispasses through a mortise prepared in the bolster andpierced with a number of holes, into which iron pinsmaj- be placed. The extremities of the gun areslung to the lower ends of the hoisting-bars ; pinsbeing placed in the bars immediately above thelevers, the jacks acting on the
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