MEMOIR OF DAXIEL TUEADWELL. 



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TABLE SHOWING THE RESULTS OF FIRING. 



1st Series. 



100 shots with charge 

 of 1.5 kilos and naval 

 1 6 lb. shell, with sabot ; 

 cartridge 145 mm. 



diain. 



2d Series. 



200 shots with charge 

 of 2 kilos, with shell 

 and sabot. 



3d Series. 



100 shots with charge 

 of 1 kilo and 30 lb. 

 ball. 



4th Series. 



200 shots with charge 

 of 2 kilos, with 30 ib. 

 ball 



5th Series. 



200 shots with charge 

 of 2.7 kilos and 30 lb. 

 ball. 







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C 33 



5« 





h. m. 



2 



3 40 





2:59 



239 



* g 



m. 



390 



Accidents and Observations, 



No accident daring the firing. T ted 

 with water after this aeries, t\ 



was a leakage of only 4 cu. cm. 



At the 47th shot of the first session of 



this series, the breech- pi a? was so 



far unscrewed that it could be turned 

 by hand; it was screwed in with a 

 lever, and did not again become 



loose. Leakage, 1 cu. cm* 



Leakage, 1 cu. cm. 



Leakage, 1 cu. cm. 



At the 148th shot, the stock was broken 

 near the end of the cheeks where the 

 assembling bolt passes through. One 

 of the small rivets which fastens the 

 trunnion ring had moved out slighth 

 at the last session, without, however, 

 disturbing the trunnion ring. 



The Revolution of 1848 was then in progress, and on the 26th of May, eight days after the date of 

 this report, the perpetual exile of Louis Philippe and his family was decreed. The further proving of 



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of the School of Vincennes. 



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