Rifles and Rifle Practice: An Elementary Treatise Upon the Theory of Rifle Firing, Explaining the Causes of Inaccuracy of Fire, and the Manner of Correcting it ... |
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Rifles and Rifle Practice: An Elementary Treatise Upon the Theory of Rifle ... Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox No preview available - 2018 |
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2d class angle axis ball Fig balls fired barrel battalion bayonet Bersaglieri breech breech-loading calibre called cartridge causes cavity charge of powder chasseurs cone curve cylinder decimal diameter direction distance efficacy elevating sight Enfield equal error experiments feet force fraction French front give grains greater grooves hollow ball horizontal Hythe inches increased infantry initial velocity judging-distance practice length less line of fire line of sight loading manner motion of rotation motion of translation multiply musket muzzle non-commissioned officers number of balls number of points obtained officer-instructor patchin perpendicular piece plane point aimed point blank projectile proportion Prussia quotient rammer rear rectangle resistance rifle-musket right line round ball sabot shot sides skirmishers smooth-bored musket soldier space passed square root struck surface target Tige carbine tion trajectory triangle tridges unit velocity vertical vulgar fraction wedge ball weight of ball whole numbers windage yards