Instructions for Mounting Using, and Caring for Disappearing Carriage: L. F., Model of 1905 MII and 6-Inch Guns Models of 1905 and 1908 (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Instructions for Mounting Using, and Caring for Disappearing Carriage: L. F., Model of 1905 and 6-Inch R. F. Guns Model of 1905 (Eight Plates) October 29, 1908

The carriage (plates II, III, IV). - These carriages are num bered from No. 20 up; they differ from models of earlier dates for mounting the same caliber guns chiefly in having the following features, viz, a single vertical recoil cylinder, increased preponderance of counterweight, a counter - recoil system independent of the recoil system, gears on the recoil rollers.

Stops can be arranged so as to permit traversing either 60, 70, 90, or 1100 either side of the front of the battery, and the piece can be elevated from 5° depression to 15° elevation, stops being arranged to limit the depression to either horizontal or when the height of the parapet requires it.

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Excerpt from Instructions for Mounting Using, and Caring for Disappearing Carriage: L. F., Model of 1905 and 6-Inch R. F. Guns Model of 1905 (Eight Plates) October 29, 1908

Instructions for assembling the carriage - Continued; Front and rear transoms; Bottom plate; Recoil cylinder; Counterweight; Crosshead; Retracting and tripping gear; Piston rod and upper cylinder head; Counter-recoil buffers and roller cages; Top carriage; Gun levers; Gun with elevating band; Important points; Care of carriage; General instructions; Cleaning hydraulic cylinders; Removing packing from stuffing boxes; Repacking stuffing boxes; Filling cylinders; Service condition (lubrication, etc.); Condition "In ordinary"; Oil holes; Compression grease cups; Oil and grease; Painting; List of implements furnished for 6-inch gun, model of 1905; Annual allowance of material for cleaning and preservation; Spare parts; Names of parts, location and material

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.