111 pages, 8 1/2" x 11" glossy soft-cover in full color. New re-print restored and digitally enhanced from a nice photocopy. Printed on high quality 20# 97 bright acid free paper. Fully Illustrated.

Contents - Index:

• Pages: 111

• Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon 1885
• St. Denis/Paris France
• Descriptions and Illustrations of the Systems
• As Designed for Naval Service, Field Artillery and Flank Defense
• Together with
• Firing Tables, Proving Ground Tests and Official Reports
• As Determined by the Government Firing Grounds of Gavre, Soeburyness, Sany Hok. Pola, Spzia, Helder, Gopenhagen, St. Petersbury and Portsmouth
• By Lieut. Edward Very
• Printed for Private Circulation
• Well Illustrated
• The Development of Machine Guns
• The Different System
• Distinctive Features of the Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon
• Dismounting and Mounting
• Directions for the Care and Cleaning
• Description of the Cartridge, Projectiles and Fuses
• Mounts for the 37mm Naval Gun and 47mm and 53mm and the 37mm Field Gun
• Mounts for the 40mm Flank Defense Gun
• Firing Tables
• Penetration
• Torpedo Boat Experiments
• The Naval Gun in Action at Callao, Sfax, Foo-Chow
• Comparison of the Hotchkiss and Nordenfeldt Guns
• Conclusions of the English Naval Committee in 1881
• Penetration
• Experience with the 47mmm Naval Gun
• Report of the Ordnance Boards, Officers, Brigadier General Miles, the Brazilian Minister
• Theory of the Development
• Official Test
• Weights and Measurements