 ... the weight of a cubic foot in ounces." Major Makinlay, of the Royal Artillery, gives a better idea of what is meant by gravimetric density, but unfortunately confounds it with the air-space of the powder chamber, of which it is approximately a measure....  Text Book of Gunnery, 1887 - Page 20de G. Mackinlay - 1887 - 342 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | James Atkinson Longridge - 1889 - 290 pages
...Text-Book of Gunnery* to be " the ratio of the weight of a charge of powder in the chamber of a gun, to the weight of that volume of water which would fill the space behind the projectile." Thus if gravimetric density = 1, the space occupied by 1 lb. of the charge is the same as would be... | |
 | Willoughby Walke - 1891 - 392 pages
...of the powder chamber, of which it is approximately a measure. According to the Woolwich Text -book, "the gravimetric density of a charge of powder in...mean density of the grains of powder and of all the interstitial and other spaces." It has been further defined as "the weight of a standard volume of... | |
 | Willoughby Walke - 1891 - 394 pages
...of the powder chamber, of which it is approximately a measure. According to the Woolwich Text-book, "the gravimetric density of a charge of powder in...the space behind the projectile in the gun. It is the.mean density of the grains of powder and of all the interstitial and other spaces." It has been... | |
 | Willoughby Walke - 1897 - 476 pages
...the powder chamber, of which it is approximately a measure. According to the Woolwich Text-book, " the gravimetric density of a charge of powder in the...mean density of the grains of powder and of all the interstitial and other spaces." It has been further defined as "the weight of a standard volume of... | |
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