Cannon-Paring
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Military Technology, Metallurgy, Political Economy |
Notes from recent 'Scientific Jottings' that tests on new bronze field guns cast for India show their unreliability. Chastises the author of the report for not realizing that readers would know that brass is inferior to iron and that it was chosen for cheapness. | |
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