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MILITARY.

KRUPP'S BREECH-LOADING CAST-STEEL GUN.



CHASSEPOT RIFLE.

a, a, India-rubber ring; C, needle guide; b, G. washers.



BREECH-LOADER.

a, lever; b, notch; c, central pivot; d, slide.



REMINGTON RIFLE.

B, breech-block; C, c, bolts; D, lever; d, pin; e, spring; G, hammer.



WARD-BURTON BREECH-LOADING RIFLE.

C, b, cover slide; D, recoil: d, ejector; e, turning stud; F, f, breech pin and handle; G, hammer and firing pin; g1, cocking-shoulder; O,trigger.



TRANTER REVOLVER.

a, the chamber; b, hammer; c, trigger; d, spur for raising the hammer; e, lever-ramrod.



GERMAN ARMOR OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY.



PRUSSIAN NEEDLE-GUN.

A, needle-bolt; B, B, is the lock for drawing the needle-bolt back, C, C, is the chamber, also tubular, in which is fixed the needle-guide d; c, knob; f, inclined edge; D, trigger; g, spring; h, catch.



THE GATLING BATTERY-GUN.

A, hopper; B. plug for removing locks; C, knob for controlling the snapping of gun.



THE AMERICAN MITRAILLEUSE.


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