344 PUNT-GUN 



EXPLANATION OF MY PLAN FOR EASING 

 THE RECOIL OF A SWIVEL-GUN, OR 

 CARRONADE. 



The following are the dimensions of the appa- 

 ratus for a sivivel-gun, which carries about a pound 

 of shot. But if the apparatus is adapted to a 

 carronade, it must be more than proportionally 

 stronger ', because a carronade, from being so very 

 short, has such a severe recoil. 



A. THE SWIVEL, on which the gun rests, and 

 which, it may be observed, is made as short, and 

 compact, as the working, up and down, of the gun 



