In some of these experiments, a pressure of 1600 pounds to the square inch has been used with perfect safety, and was found to project musket balls of the same weight and distance one quarter farther into the target than the strongest gunpowder. Mr Perkins... London Journal of Arts and Sceinces: And Repertory of Patent Inventions - Side 266 redigert av - 1826 Uten tilgangsbegrensning -
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