Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-10-07 | Page 12 | Nelson's Gunners, and Ours

Nelson's Ounners, and Ours The mountings for ship guns an 1 guns In toast fortlllcittlons nre so designed de-signed and conslnicted its to throw Into Hie power ot one man Insorur us possl-hie possl-hie the whole control of directing the gun nt the desired tnrget mid firing It when reuds Ihe loadlnr of the gun and Ihe oienlng and dosing of ihe breech block Ik 1 erfortned to the rettr or the man tiring It und therefore out of his eight und tertaln Interlocking anangementa lit the tiring apparatus ate so devised ns tn present him from firing the gun unless the breech blue k la fully closed lmlrnl Lord Colling-wool Colling-wool who was Beconel In command tn N'clson nt the battle nr Trnrnlgar was In the hallt or telling his men thnt ir thes could lire three will dliected broadsides in two minutes they were tertaln or vldorv Their guns welched ibout 3100 poun Is 1 he modem Inch bteech lnallng gun which vselgs isiWei) or iniino pjtinds huB been flic I eight times within a minute nt a tat get about lrX sards dlstani prnhiblv quite tlnce llmea the dlsttnce In Loul lolling woods mini an I shuck the target each shot The dlffetence here shown Is due pilnripallv tn ihe mounting It is due In some degree to the fact that the modem gun Is breech-loading lut Hie quicker rate nf lire must be as crlbetl In large tneasuie, lo the excel lenee nf the mounting Cnpt 1 r Meigs In The 1 nglmetlng Magazine