"Smokeless powder" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... serve out per man a hundredweight of smokeless powder cartridges. We shall have rough work." Then he added, "By the way, what ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101. October 17, 1891 • Various
... locating the battery revealed the fact that as soon as the Gatling guns were turned on it, the Spanish gunners ran away from their pieces. The big gun turned out to be a 16-centimeter converted bronze piece, mounted on a pintle in barbette, rifled and using smokeless powder. It was also found that they were firing four 3-inch field-pieces of a similar character in this battery, as well ...
— The Gatlings at Santiago • John H. Parker |
