- A
pivot gun was a type of
cannon mounted on a
fixed central emplacement which permitted it to be
moved through a wide
horizontal arc. They were a common...
- to her two
pivot guns and USS Powhatan
which carried 10 IX-inch
guns in
broadside mounts in
addition to her two XI-inch
Dahlgren pivot guns.
These broadside...
-
Swivel guns should not be
confused with
pivot guns,
which were far
larger weapons mounted on a
horizontal pivot, or ****
guns,
which are a
mountain gun with...
- 68-pounder (31 kg)
pivot gun. With the rise of
steam and **** propulsion, she was
ordered to be
converted on the
stocks to a 131-
gun **** ship, with conversion...
- Center-
pivot irrigation (sometimes
called central pivot irrigation), also
called water-wheel and
circle irrigation, is a
method of crop
irrigation in which...
-
ageing wine
Barrel (fastener), a
simple hinge consisting of a
barrel and a
pivot Gun barrel the
venturi of a
carburetor a
component of a
clarinet a component...
-
mounting heavy ordnance. The "Montezuma" (1,164 tons)
carried a 68pdr.
pivot gun and six 32pdrs. The "Guadalupe" (775 tons)
carried two 68pdrs. * The Texas...
-
bores to a side and one
rifled gun as a
stern pivot. She also
remounted one of her
broadside guns as a bow
pivot gun after anchoring by the lighthouse...
-
Wabash USS
Wabash After pivot gun. X in.
Dahlgren USS
Wabash Forward pivot gun Officers and
sailors USS
Wabash Forward pivot gun. 200 pdr
Parrott U.S.S...
- [Armstrong
guns], are most successful. The 100-pounder (sic) as a
pivot gun is
superior to the 95 cwt.
solid 8-inch
gun; but as
broadside guns between decks...
