American Breech-Loading Small Arms 1872, Gatling Gun, Cartridges

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Contents - Index:
- Pages: 309
- American Breech-Loading Small Arms 1872
- Charles B. Norton
- CIIAPTER I.-EARLY INVENTIONS -
- Opinion of Napoleon Ill -Early Breech-loaders -Hall's invention
- ll-Breech-Ioaders in the War -Reports of War Department State
- Reports .
- CHAPTER II.-THE REMINGTON SYSTEM
- First appearance -Use in Navy -st. Louis Board State of New
- York -Austrian Tests -Denmark -England S-Greece
- -Spain a-France -French Exposition -Dion Works
- Description of System -Strength of System -Belgian Trial
- -Targets -Pistol .
- CHAPTER IIT.-THE PEABODY SYSTEM
- Origin of Arm -St. Louis Board -Rommnia -Belgium
- -Holland -Prussia l-Austria -New York -Connecticut
- -Construction of Arm -Manual of Arm -Traansformation
- {l-Martini's Infringement -Targets ll-Imprved .
- CHAPTER IV.-THE WARD-BuRTON SYSTEM:
- United States Report -New York trial -t. Louis Board Description
- -English Small Arms Committee -Construction
- l-United States Model -Dismounting .-Magazine Arm
- l-Targets ..
- CHAPTER V.-THE SPRINGFIELD SYSTEM -
- Transformation {Il-Nomenclature -Directions for use .
- CHAPTFR VI.-THE JOSLYN-ToMES SYSTEM:
- First used in the War -Description l-United States trial -Range,
- etc.,
- CHAPTER VII.-THE BERDAN SYSTEM
- Transformation -Russian Berdan tl-Description .
- CHAPTER VIII.-SMITH & WESSON REVOLVERS
- Patents -New Pattern -Demand abroad -Dodge's Improvement
- -Description -Targem .
- CHAPTER IX.-THE WHITNEY SYSTEM-EARNEST SYSTEM
- Eli Whitney l-The Whitneyville Armory -Safety and Simplicity
- l-The Earnest System -Construction -Explanation of
- Plates -Paper Cartridges -Application of Screw -Safety
- -Disconnecting Hammer .
- CHAPTER X.-V ARlOUS SYSTEMS
- The Colt System -The Milbank System -The Spencer System
- -The Maynard System -The Hammond System -The
- Roberta' System -The Ball-Lamson System -The Broughton
- System -The Meigs System .
- CHAPTER XL-THE GATLING GUN
- Origin of Invention -France -Indiana Report -Ordnance
- Report -NavaJ Report -Description -Range Baden
- trial -Advantages ~-English Report -Experimenm
- -Targets -Directions -Camel Gun .
- CHAPTER XII.-CARTRIDGES
- Importance of -Centre-Fire ~Union Metallic Cartridge Company
- -Berdan Central-Fire Cartridge -Patent -Rnssia
- -:-Spain -Models -Loading Machine -Safety
- -Boxer Cartridge -Danger of Boxer Cartridge -Daw's Central-
- Fire Cartridge }-Cha.ssepot Cartridge -Needle Gnn Cartridge
- :-The Meigs Cartridge -Reloading Cartridge Burton
- Cartridge .
- APPENDIX
- W. C. Dodge's Letter -Adoption of AmeJ."ican Patents in England
- -Gen. De Peyster's Letter -Ferguson' Rifle SOl}-Fel•guson's
- Patent .