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Early Attempts at Maxim Guns

Early Attempts at Maxim Guns.jpg The Finis Belli, the first regular Ironclad Ship armed with CannonThumbnailsEarly Breech-loading CannonThe Finis Belli, the first regular Ironclad Ship armed with CannonThumbnailsEarly Breech-loading CannonThe Finis Belli, the first regular Ironclad Ship armed with CannonThumbnailsEarly Breech-loading CannonThe Finis Belli, the first regular Ironclad Ship armed with CannonThumbnailsEarly Breech-loading Cannon
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In all probability each barrel of the first gun had to be loaded separately and fired by hand, one after another. In the second case, the eight little cannon are apparently secured to a kind of turntable, to be revolved by hand.

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The British Navy Book
By Cyril Field
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