A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. . Another important adaptation of Indian-rubber by Mr. Fidlcr, is tliat of anchorsprings, towing ropes, and spiings for the recoil of guns and mortars. During the Russian war, about TJO mortar boats were constructed of light draught,each carrying a 13-inch mortar on a revolving pivot and platform in the centre of was considered desirable, if possible, to diminish the shock produced by the tremen-dous recoil of such heavy artillery on the deck of small vess
A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. . Another important adaptation of Indian-rubber by Mr. Fidlcr, is tliat of anchorsprings, towing ropes, and spiings for the recoil of guns and mortars. During the Russian war, about TJO mortar boats were constructed of light draught,each carrying a 13-inch mortar on a revolving pivot and platform in the centre of was considered desirable, if possible, to diminish the shock produced by the tremen-dous recoil of such heavy artillery on the deck of small vessels, and after a series oftrials at Shoeburyness, which proved perfectly satisfactory, the plan was adopted of mount-ing each platform upon twenty powerful rings of Indian-rubber, the united force of which,at 1-inch deflexion, would resist about 400 tons. The performance of these mortar ves-sels at Sweaborg, the Black Sea, and also subsequently in China, has been highly satisfac-tory ; the intervention of this elastic material being found effectually to preserve thetimbers of the vessel. ^ The application to towing ropes and an
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