| 单词 | windage |
| 例句 | And people who have brilliant old-fashioned skills, such as casting bronze, and know about things such as "windage". A Great British Air Disaster; Beat the Ancestors – TV review 2013-02-25T07:00:18Z “It’s more windage from an aerodynamic perspective, and also we had two great helmsmen, two great match racers. It was almost obvious that we did that.” ‘Fantastico’: Spithill, Bruni steer Italy into Cup match 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z The lieutenant-commander regained his feet in an instant, barely conscious of his narrow escape, for a 4-inch shell had passed so close to him that the windage had capsized him. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z There are two things to be considered—the elevation and windage. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z How ardently he hoped that the bore was true and the windage not too great to spoil his aim! With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z But there’s a lot of uncertainty in how much to factor windage into an equation. Tsunami Debris & North America: Is the Tail Wagging the Dog? 2012-02-02T15:45:18.640Z But the greater weight and momentum of the English ball was counteracted by the excess of windage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The inclined superstructure naturally added to her “windage” and made her go before the gale more rapidly. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z The elevation does not vary so much as the windage. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z You have learned to estimate distances, however, even in this rare atmosphere, and possess good judgment as to windage. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z With lightning rapidity the trains passed each other and the "windage," to use a nautical term, nearly took my breath. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z The wind gauge is adjusted by means of the windage screw at the right front end of the base of the sight. Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training 2011-02-03T03:00:09.473Z There was a quiet whir and a slight shifting of the rifle as the computer device allowed for correct elevation and windage. The Unprotected Species Then ye missed him by about one point windage. The Pathless Trail Ashton turned to look back at the spot––and instinctively ducked as a bullet pinged past his ear so close that he felt the windage on his cheek. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation Never fire when the mirage is boiling,—wait for it to move from one side to the other and then take windage to correct for it. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Correction by a change in windage of 1 point. Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training 2011-02-03T03:00:09.473Z The pellet should be of clay or any putty, rolled in the hand to easily pass through the barrel without too much windage. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Formerly used, and as late as 1816 by the Turks, to convey the powder into the chamber without using cartridges: also used to withdraw shot where windage was large. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. One buzzed close past and burst about twenty feet in front of the F.O., and either the windage or the explosion lifted him off his feet and clean rolled him over. Between the Lines Action: The range and windage are announced, sights are set accurately in accordance therewith and as rapidly as may be, each man coming to port arms immediately upon completing the operation. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition He slid an SP grenade into the rod's track and estimated windage and range. The Green Beret The firing ceased with no damage, save the bruises of the Doctor, and those received by our tonguey little Corporal, who asserted that the windage of a shell knocked him off a fence. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac All their bullets are of iron, hammered as round as they can hammer them at the forge; of course the windage produced by this imperfect shape, occasions it to deviate much from its intended direction. Olla Podrida The ship computed velocity, altitude, gravity, magnetic polarization, windage; used and balanced and adjusted for them all. Breaking Point Object: To train the individual to set his sight quickly and accurately for the announced range and windage; and to accustom leaders to the giving of windage data. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Her anchors still held, but her captain, finding no abatement in the wind, proceeded to reduce windage by chopping down his masts. A Son Of The Sun “Ay, patched ’em up after a fashion, though there’s a good deal o’ windage somewheres. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers At the other end of the lawn the professor was still patting the balls about, Chase the while advising him to allow for windage and elevation and other mysterious things. Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm It was generally made of copper, the same gauge as the windage of the gun; that is, the copper was just thick enough to fit between ball and bore. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Sight setting therefore in this exercise should include, more often than not, "fractional ranges" and windage data. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition The Misi had been holding, but the added windage of the Cactus was too much, and the entangled schooners slid away across the boiling white. A Son Of The Sun To show you how to raise or lower your rear sight, change your windage to the right or left, and note the effect on the striking point of the bullet in each case. The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training The number of those having more than 0.20 of an inch windage are to be reported and retained until special orders may be given for their disposition. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The object of this is to steady the arrow in its flight and thereby prevent windage. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir Then look at the windage chart and see just how much windage you must take. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition These figures refer, of course, to electrical efficiency, and do not include windage and bearing friction. The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment One point of windage moves the striking point of the bullet 4 inches for every 100 yards you are distant from the target. The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training The bristles are to be sheared so as to work easily and leave no windage. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Often problems are best solved by using "Kentucky windage." Sequential Problem Solving A Student Handbook with Checklists for Successful Critical Thinking Ask a man who has been making 5's and 4's what windage he used and check up with your own estimate. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition The supposed advantages of this arrangement are, 1st, a diminution of the windage; 2d, the gun may be loaded with greater rapidity; and, 3d, the cartridge is transported with greater safety. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. The slide should be drawn all the way back to secure full advantage of the windage. The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training If right windage is taken the bullet will strike to the right, if left windage is taken it will strike to the left: Range. windage. direction. number of inches change. Military Instructors Manual It is only the raw recruit who tries to hit the bull's-eye by point-blank firing, and who does not allow for elevation and windage. The Drama Delvigne's remedy was to give the ball increased windage; in other words, to diminish its diameter comparatively with that of the bore. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 I have to make allowance for his folly,—a sort of windage, which is not dishonest. Mr. Scarborough's Family Shells so gently put in motion, and having no windage, might be made, it might naturally be supposed, singularly thin, and the adoption of steel in place of iron calls for some explanation. Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 It should be readily seen that in canting the piece to the right your sight is to the right of its original position—that is right windage. Military Instructors Manual The windage of that chunk of iron has--" "Why, Doc, I shouldn't wonder! Kincaid's Battery "Seven yards windage, Hal," said one, whose hair was streaked with gray. The White Company The piece once cast, it must be bored with great precision, so as to preclude any possible windage. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon Consequently adequate allowance has to be made for windage, which is a very difficult factor to calculate from aloft. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War If it is part way up the leaf, the drift correction cut in the slot upon which it moves will throw it to the left, and left windage will be taken. Military Instructors Manual The deficit was sometimes owing to windage, but more often the shot was of full size but defective in density. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Where a strong cross-wind exists, a certain amount of windage is allowed. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow They have evidently no balls to fit, which accounts for the badness of their firing and the little damage they did; with so much windage the balls can have had but small velocity. Rujub, the Juggler The wind guage is adjusted by means of the windage screw at the right front end of the base of the sight. Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917 To be used by Engineer companies (dismounted) and Coast Artillery companies for Infantry instruction and training It will accordingly squeeze its way through without the slightest windage, and will shoot with great precision, with a charge of 4 1/2 drams of powder and a ball of pure soft lead. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 Porter himself was knocked down by the windage of a passing shot. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans In the meantime, in this fine weather, the Elsinore drifts as she lists, or as the windage of her lists and the sea-movement of waves lists. The Mutiny of the Elsinore The roots still held, while the tree had been shorn of its windage. South Sea Tales Despite the fact that by his manoeuvre the Arangi had been hove to, he knew that windage and sea-driftage would quickly send her away from the swimming puppy. Jerry of the Islands |
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