The Works Of Messrs. Schneider And Co.

_____ _______ _______ ____ .. XÜ CONTENTS. .. ______________ _______________ _______________ _____ _______________ PAGE XLIII.—SCHNEIDER-CANET GUNS, ON CARRIAGES WITH COMPRESSIBLE TRAIL. First Experiments.—Guns supplied to Uruguay.—German Double-elastic Trail.—75-mm. Short Gun, on Carriage with Elastic Trail and Independent Axle.—75-mm. Gun, Long Type, on Carriage with Compressible and Hydro-pneumatic Recoiling Trail.—75-mm. Gun, on Carriage with Com- pressible Trail, adopted by the Uruguay Government 286 to 288 XLIV—FIELD GUN CARRIAGES, WITH TELESCOPIC RECOIL CYLINDERS. 3-in. Gun, Long Type, on Carriage with Telescopic Recoil Cylinder.—75-mm. Gun, Long Type, on Carriage with Trail Spade and Hydraulic Recoil Cylinders.—75-mm. Gun, Long Type, on Carriage with Trail Spade and Hydraulic Recoil Cylinders.—75-mm. Gun, Long Type, on Carriage with Hydraulic Recoil, and Spade under Axle, or at end of Trail.—75-mm. Gun, Long Type, on Carriage with Hydraulic Recoil and Trail Spade.—75-mm. Gun, Long Type, on Carriage with Hydro-pneumatic Recoil and Trail Spade, 1898 Pattern ... ... ... ... ... 289 to 297 XLV.—SCHNEIDER-CANET SYSTEM OF MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY. Free Recoil Mountain Aftillery ; 75-nïm. Grüïi of Medium Power.—75-njm. Gun of High Power.—Mountain Guns with Checked Recoil ; 65 mm. Gun on Carriage with Spring Brake ___________ ... ... ______ 298 and 299 XLVI.—QUICK-FIRING MOUNTAIN GUNS. Medium Power Guns.—High Power Guns.—75-mm. Gun, on Carriage, with Hydraulic Recoil and Elastic Trial Spade.— 75-mm. Gun, on Carriage with Rigid Trail, Hydraulic Recoil, and Independent Air Recuperator______ 300 to 302 | XLVIL—LANDING OR BOAT GUNS. 75-mm. Gun, on Rigid Landing Carriage.—65-mm. Guns.— 65-mm. Quick-flring Gun, on Landing Carriage, with Compressible Trail and Hydro-pneumatic Recoil ... 303 and 304 ; XLVIII.—SIEGE AND GARRISON GUNS. Types of Guns for Siege and Garrison Service,—12-cm. Siege Guns.—155-mm. Siege Guns.—10-cm. Howitzer.—12-cm. Howitzer.—15 cm. Howitzer.—15-cm. Mortar.—Ordnance on Carriage with Hydro-pneumatic Recoil. — 90-mm. Mountain Howitzer.—105-mm. Position Guns.—12-cm. Howitzer, on Quick-firing Field Carriage. — 15-cm. Howitzer, on Hydro-pneumatic Carriage.—Transportable Batteries_____________________________ 305 to 314 ____ ______ ______________ PAO F, XLIX.—LAND TURRETS. Mounting in Casemate for 57-mm. Quick-firing Gun.—Dis- appearing Turret, armed with One 57-mm. Quick-firing Gun.—Armoured Turret for Two 150-mm. Guns.— Disappearing Cupola for One 5.7-cni. Quick-firing Gun, 25 calibres in length ... ________________ 315 to 319 L.—AMMUNITION. Powders and other Explosives.—Black or Brown Powders.— Smokeless Powders.—Explosive Charges.—Black Powder. —Smoke-engendering Powder.—Primers. —Firing Tubes. —Friction Tubes.—Percussion Tubes—Electric Tubes.— Fuses and Detonators.—Percussion Fuses. -Double-acting Fuses.—Detonators.—Projectiles.—Projectiles for Naval and Coast-defence Guns. — Armour-piercing Shell. — Cartridge Cases _____________ ______ ... 320 to 328 LT.—THE SCHNEIDER PAVILION AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. Description of the Pavillon and of its Construction.—-Ordnance exhibited. — Field Artillery. — Siege Guns.—37-mm., 60-calibre, Schneider-Canet ' Quick-firing Gun.—15-cm., 42-calibre, Schneider-Canet Quick-firing Guns, on Double Central-pivoting Mounting.—20-cin., 45-calibre, Schneider- Canet Quick-firing Gun, on Centra]-pivoting Mounting, with Closed Shield.—24-ciii., 45-calibre, Schneider-Canet Quick-firing Gun, on Central-pivoting Mounting.—15-cm., 10-calibre, Schneider-Canet Quick-firing Howitzer, ou Central-pivoting Mounting.—24-cin., 10-calibre, Schneider- Canet Quick-firing Howitzer, on Central-pivoting Mounting. — Armour-plates exhibited. — High-speed Locomotive, Thuile System.—Its Dimensions.—Electric Locomotive.— 1500 Horse-power Alternator, Type O, Class 2 B. — 500 Horse-power Dynamos.— Engines of the French Warship “Kleber.” — Steel Ingots.—Improvement of Havre Harbour Works, Dimensions of Caissons ... 329 to 341 LIT.—CETTE WORKS. Blast-furnaces, Steel Works, and Rolling Mills, now being put down ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 342 LUI.—CHAMPAGNE WORKS. Electric Shops, now being put down ... ... ... ... 342 LIV.—CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 343 and 344 INDEX ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 345 to 360