Note number 12, regarding iron embrasure linings, page 3

TitleNote number 12, regarding iron embrasure linings, page 3
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Transcriptionsighting the piece.  A small scantling of hard wood with a rope attached to its upper end is made fast on one side the door, and acts as a lever to raise the door when the gun is fired.  The swing bar of one inch round iron, upon which the hinges of the door are hung has a collar at each end to enable the cheeks of the casing to resist lateral pressure.  The sole was given a counter slope of 5 degrees.  The wings prevent the casing from being carried out by the force of the blast.  The cheeks are fastened to the sole and the wings to the cheeks by being rivited [riveted]  to Angle iron.  The satisfactory results obtained from the use of these casings indicates that sheet and boiler iron should form part of the siege material furnished for military operations in a sandy country.  If thick enough it answers well for mantlets.  All plates of this kind are easily converted into Sibly storves for the use of an Army in winter quarters.

TopicsUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
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