'CANNON'.
On the engraving:
1. Section of Rifling-Full size
2. Horizontal Section and End Elevation of the breech of rifled Prussian gun
3. Jeffery, Britten, and Lancaster's System of Rifling
4. Armstrong's Shunt gun French rifling
5. Mersey Co.'s Prince Alfred gun
6. Mersey Co.'s 13-inch Horsfall gun
7. The Armstrong Garrison and ship breech-loading 110-Pounder
From 'The National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge', by writers of Eminence in Literature, Published by William Mackenzie, London (1887).
Technique, Material: Steel engraving / Paper
Artist: , Engraver:
Date: London, 1887.
Size: 24,4 x 15,8 cm.
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