| 单词 | rammer |
| 例句 | At the Battle of Vicksburg - the real one in 1863 - the gun went off with the rammer in the bore. Some historical re-enactors ready for Texas Independence Day 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z After placing the sack in the cannon's barrel, he shoves it into position with a wooden rammer and drops one end of an electronic match into the gunpowder. More than a century later, Vancouver cannon continues its nightly fire 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Back ran the guns with the recoil, sponges and rammers did their work, and again the guns roared--this time in an irregular broadside. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z Two men pull these ropes, and the weight rises, and then falls, acting as a rammer upon the anvil of iron below. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z In loading some of the guns, the rammers struck against the bows of the Frolic. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z The rammer, the pole that packs the powder into the breech, flew through the air like a javelin, hit a tree and began rotating like a propeller, killing six Yankees accidentally. Some historical re-enactors ready for Texas Independence Day 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z When one of the guns, at length, reached the top of the bank, the rammer and picker were nowhere to be found. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z And hard work it seems to be, to use the heavy rammer. City Scenes or a peep into London 2012-01-20T03:00:10.690Z Above that it is quite safe to fill the hole with earth, ramming it in with a wooden rammer. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z There are some who, instead, use two rounded rammers three and a half digits in diameter, the same at the bottom as at the top. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Ramming would not affect the Wanderer in the slightest, but would be rough on the rammer. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Guns, carriages, even rammers and sponges, were carefully measured; and, if the pieces can be made in France, many months will not elapse before their muzzles will be grinning through the port-holes of French ships-of-war. An Englishman's View of the Battle between the Alabama and the Kearsarge An Account of the Naval Engagement in the British Channel, on Sunday June 19th, 1864 2011-08-08T02:00:19.967Z Blows from lever, rammer, and sabre, the only arms the gunners had to hand, rained upon them like hail; they parried them all, and every cut they made brought down a man. The Invasion of France in 1814 2011-07-27T02:00:37.397Z Then a mechanical rammer pushes it straight in. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z In a similar manner, mixed and moistened powder is thrown and pounded with a rammer in the forehearth pit, which is outside the furnace. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z A pick-axe and shovel are the only tools in use for removing the earth; and the drill, rammer, and priming-rod, are added when it is necessary to blast. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Before the gray and begrimed cannoniers could withdraw their rammers the troopers were in their midst. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z Foundations are usually executed by excavators or navvies, and the tools and implements used are boning rods, level pegs, lines, spirit level, pickaxe, various shovels, wheel-barrow, rammer or punner, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Careless of danger, unconscious of his impending doom, the gunner loaded his piece anew, and lifted the rammer to send the charge home. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z When the forehearth has been hollowed out it is pounded with a round bronze rammer. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The rammer then retires, the sponge is taken off, and the powder hoisted by tackle to the muzzle, whence the rammer pushes it home, and then does the same for the shot. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z But the cannoneers were thoughtful to retain the rammers, and though the Rebels seized the pieces they could not turn them upon the slowly-retreating handful of men, who with two pieces still growled defiance. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z In the hurry of the moment, in separating the gun from the limbers, the rammer and picker of the cannon were left tied to the limber. Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. 2010-12-20T17:12:28.183Z At this moment, a small splinter struck my hand, as I withdrew the rammer, and almost divided my forefinger and thumb. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 L—The master stands at the other furnace and prepares the forehearth by ramming it with two rammers. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z For this purpose a countersunk rammer head to fit over the head of the ball had to be used. The Development of Armor-piercing Shells with Suggestions for their Improvement Instead of iron bars, a great quantity of "rammers" lay scattered about. Black Diamonds Perkins, having pulled off his bayonet, used his musket as a rammer and drove down the cartridge; and Jackson, using his former plan, again discharged her. Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. 2010-12-20T17:12:28.183Z Your rammer must have a collar of brass, to prevent the wood from splitting. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments He afterward, with two small wooden rammers, one held in each hand, forms the channel through which the litharge flows out. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z And the gunners on both sides had to thrust the handles of their rammers through the enemy's port holes, in order to load their guns. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read In all the ovens the metal was in a liquid state; if it was not attended to it would turn into rammers. Black Diamonds It is called a pisoir, or rammer; and though it may appear very easy to make it, more difficulty will be found in the execution than is at first apprehended. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) This was used as a rammer, and the experiment proceeded. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 Then he pours in a basketful of ashes and tamps them with the large rammer; then again and again he pours in ashes and tamps them with the rammer. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z "I wasn't paying any attention to you," Alf's fine tenor replied, as his rammer rang in his barrel. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys The rebel had a little trouble in returning rammer, and Shorty and Si waited. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures The implements used are three different kinds of rammers. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) They found one squad toasting on their rammers the pieces of a luckless rabbit they had cornered in a patch of briars. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro This, together with the ashes which are thrown in, the master or the assistant, who, upon his knees, prepares the crucible, tamps down with short wooden rammers and with mallets likewise made of wood. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z "I saw some men tryin' to cross the crick there," replied Jim, pointing with his rammer in the direction of the opposite bank. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys If I couldn't shoot no better'n you kin on a sneak," answered the rebel, his rammer ringing in his gun-barrel, "I wouldn't handle firearms. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures The boxes to be filled in thin layers of 4 in. at a time, and well rammed until solid; the workmen are not to use their rammers in unison. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) Gun barrels and bayonets shone like silver, rammers rang clear, and came out without a stain to the Captain's white gloves. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran A—An artificer tamping the crucible with a rammer. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Who wants a wheel to break a butterfly upon; or, to crush a worm who calls for a pavior's rammer? The Advocate The sponge was entirely worn off the rammer, so “No. 1” stopped sponging out the gun, and only rammed shot home. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw It is there, for instance, that various types of shuttering and rammers are being experimentally tested side by side, and their relative efficiency under varying conditions ascertained. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) Klitzing, however, shoved it vigorously with the rammer, so that its metal casing clinked against the inside of the gun. Jena or Sedan? Some people prefer two wooden spatulas, or a rammer spatula. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Returning with it, he fastens it to the rammer of a cannon, and plants it on the ramparts, amidst the rain of shot and shell. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools These tools, consisting of a centre-bit and a rammer, are each thirty or thirty-five feet in length, and weigh about eight hundred pounds. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 A South African correspondent, Major Baylay, makes interesting comment as regards rammers and local pisé practice: South Africa “My experience of all black labour is, that they won’t put any ‘guts’ into it. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) They had the gun, by this time, slewed round upon the swivel, and Hands, who was at the muzzle with the rammer, was, in consequence, the most exposed. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) When he has made the ashes smooth by pressing them with his hands, he makes the crucible slope down toward the middle; then he tamps it, as I have described, with a rammer. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The men rest by the cannon, with their rammers and their sponges beside them. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools Mosby's lieutenant, Chapman, fought with the rammer of the gun, but fell wounded and was captured. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry They therefore want fairly heavy rammers, which they can lift and drop, say a foot, and which will do the rest for them. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) There was silence for a few seconds, interrupted only, on board the Albatross, by the punching and thumping of rammers, as her crew were busily reloading their guns. An Old Sailor's Yarns An officer of the Beauregard raises a white cloth upon a rammer. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field The rammer was designed to press down and to smooth out the powdered coffee in an even and uniform fashion. All About Coffee The inspection was quick and short, as had been all that preceded; pans sprung open, showing them filled with powder; rammers run into the barrels, then drawn out again, and replaced in their thimbles. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley The watering should be as uniform as possible, as if it is applied unequally it will liquefy the earth, which will commence oozing out under the rammers. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) She seized the rammer from the trodden grass, and hurried to the gunner's post. The Red True Story Book They were "maidens" among the paviour folk, and determined not to give up this honourable appellation, and let themselves be miscalled rammers. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Even the ramrods could be seen flashing in the air, as the men, while in the act of loading, drew and returned the rammers. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 The rammer crumpled her bows up a bit, but could still steam, but the ship rammed was rather badly damaged, and had to be taken in tow. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories The earth is first beaten down with a V-shaped rammer, and then surfaced with one with a flat bottom. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) The gunner was struck down at his gun and the rammer, hit in the shoulder, fell into the stream. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" With the gloves on, it was impossible to handle an axe, buckle harness, load a musket, or handle a rammer at the piece. Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 Two men would rush to the muzzle with the swabber, give it a few quick turns in the bore, then throw down the swabber and grab up the rammer. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 Spongers, rammers and the real gunners all stood by. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods The workmen are not to use their rammers in unison. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) The wheels are off one or two of the gun-carriages, and there’s no rammers or sponges; and I shouldn’t wonder if the carriages as I painted over and pitched are only so many worm-eaten shells.” The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War Where the tunnels are, dirt will have to be rammed in with a long rammer, care being taken not to disturb the pipe. Elements of Plumbing Another man would then run forward with the projectile and insert it in the muzzle of the piece, the rammers would ram it home, and then stand clear. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 The rammers not only rammed the concrete but they also bent down the prongs of the steel to get them in place in the narrow forms, and afterwards had to pull out these prongs. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs I am very interested to hear that you are proposing to use an hydraulic rammer for making blocks. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) Meanwhile, one of the troopers took the rammer Ben had brought out, inserted it at the muzzle, and found that it would only go in half-way. The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War Jack, hoping that he had thrown his captors a little off their guard, shouldered his rammer, and walked about to try and obtain a more perfect notion of the state of affairs. The Three Midshipmen Even the artillerymen used their rammers in a way not laid down in the Manual, and died at their guns. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War The mortar mixed rather dry was packed into the annular space between core and shell by one man, using a short wooden rammer. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs She used waves, tides, and gulf streams as shovels and mixers and packers, and the water above as ‘hydraulic rammer.’ Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) With the thumb of my left hand I was thus enabled to hold the rammer steady and transverse to the barrel. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Jack smelt at the pistol, and flourished the rammer. The Three Midshipmen There was also equipment for these pieces of artillery—carriages, sponges and rammers, lead aprons, dark lanterns, gunners' belts, gunners' haversacks, and tarpaulins. Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 This also meant an increased cost in the ramming, as the rammers were idle some time waiting for a new batch to be mixed. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs I suspect the presence of some of that sort of experience 97 in the rammer described in your book, p. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) DeLagnel cheered his men till they fell between the guns they could no longer work; then seized the rammer himself and loaded the piece till he, too, was shot down. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death The intervals are filled up by a paviour, who, to every stroke of his rammer, adds a loud, distinct, and echoing, Haugh! The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency So close together did the two ships come at times, that the rammers were sometimes thrust into the port-holes of the opposite ship in loading. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 The authors have had men do very thorough ramming of moderately dry concrete for 15 cts. per cu. yd., where the rammers had no spreading to do, the material being delivered in shovels. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Now for your hydraulic rammer—is it advisable to make it blow or press only in a straight line downward? Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) Their fellows about the six-pounder, the other gun of the section, stood stupefied, staring, their lips parted, sponge staff or rammer or lanyard idle in their hands. The Long Roll Into this he pressed some cartridges of dynamite with a wooden rammer. In the Track of the Troops So close were the two vessels to each other, that, in loading, the rammers were shoved up against the sides of the "Frolic." The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 The rammers used were 6 ins. square and weighed 33 lbs. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Maybe there ought to be two or three kinds of strokes alternating—one stroke with a rifled or wavy surface under the rammer—and the next stroke with a plane surface. . . . Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) In a few minutes we were so close on board of her that the men who loaded the guns could touch each other with their rammers and sponges. Peter Simple “Call the gunner—clear away the long gun forward—try with the rammer whether the shot has started from the cartridge, and then fire across the bows of that vessel.” The King's Own Bob Hampton thrust in the rammer and felt the cartridge. Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea The cost of ramming concrete depends almost entirely upon its dryness and upon the number of cubic yards delivered to the rammers. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs There you are; down it goes,” he continued, taking the little rammer from where it was strapped to the carriage and driving the bag home on to the top of the loose charge. Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig Here, run the rammer down her throat, my lads. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise Bullet-pouches and powder-horns hung from the muzzles of all three, their straps being suspended from the projecting ends of the rammers. The Boy Hunters Dearer than life itself to the cannoneer is the gun he serves, and these brave men fought hand to hand with handspikes, rammers, staves, and even stones. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI The concrete was mixed by hand on shore, conveyed to the work in 1 cu. yd. cars and shoveled into the forms, where it was rammed with 35-lb. rammers. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs On the right of the gun a sponge and a rammer are laid on a prop, about 6 feet away from the carriage. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Suddenly all went black before him—the rammer dropped from his nerveless hand, and he fell beside his gun. Ten American Girls From History These may be mashed with a stout hoe or shovel, or with a block like a pavier's rammer. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers This was continued for some time, and then a rammer was inserted, and pushed home several times. No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee The bottom of the rammer consisted of three ridges, each 1-in. in height, so as to make more bond between the successive layers. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs The men on the rammer drew it out an arm's length and rammed the cartridge with a single stroke. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Picking up the rammer, she began to load and fire with the courage and decision of a seasoned gunner, standing at her post through long hours of heat and exhaustion. Ten American Girls From History Wounds should be imitated on the head; one soldier is lying across the cannon, holding a rammer in his hand; two others are stretched out on the battlements. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants The rammers were of hard wood, shod with brass, "to save the Head from cleaving." On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. In order to help in bonding, the last ramming on the concrete was done with rammers studded with pieces of iron about 1 in. long and ½ in. deep. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs No. 2 took the ball from No. 4, while No. 1 threw out the rammer. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The face of the rammer is hollowed, so as to embrace the front of the ball and press the selvagee wad home in its place. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Britisher and Yank, each crew could hear the hearty cheers of the other as they watched the chance to ply rammer and sponge and fire when the deck lifted clear of the sea. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 The sponges and rammers were hooked to the beams above the gun ready for use. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. We remedied this by requiring less concrete to be deposited at the start, thus giving the rammers time to place the material properly. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs The rammer was a wooden cylinder about the same diameter and length as the shot. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Shot which slide or stick in the cylinder shall be rejected; the latter must be pushed out from the lower end of the cylinder with a wooden rammer. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. This was done partly by shoveling and using a short rammer, and partly by packing with the hands by the workmen, who wore rubber gloves for the purpose. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The East River Tunnels. Paper No. 1159 The men on each ship in loading were forced to push their rammers into the ports of the other vessel. Dewey and Other Naval Commanders We observed great numbers of small polished rods, about four or five feet long, somewhat thicker than the rammer of a musket, with a tuft of long white dog's hair fixed on the small end. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 As a precaution against faulty or double loading, marks on the rammer handle showed the loaders when the different parts of the charge were properly seated. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The most important are the management of the rammer and sponge in loading and the handspikes in pointing. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. This having been driven home by the rammer, the round shot was inserted, and covered like the cartridge with a wad. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India He saw the rammers and spongers gather about the gun. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty Two cannon lay overturned, near one of which lay a dead Federal soldier still grasping the rammer. Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Next the sponge was drawn, and while No. 1 exchanged it for No. 3's rammer, the No. 2 man took the cartridge from No. 4, and put it in the bore. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Spongers return rammer and sponge to place, and assist in securing lashings and breeching. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The tompions was taken out; the sponge, rammer, crows and handspikes placed in readiness, and all awaited eagerly the word for the action to begin. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India The rifle of the Ring Tailed Panther cracked, and the man with the rammer fell. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty "The one with the rammer in his hand." The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad He helped No. 1 push it home with the rammer, while No. 4 went for a ball and, if necessary, a wad. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America No. 3 goes to starboard side of muzzle, having the sponge and rammer ready. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The mould is swivelled round, and the charge pushed into it with a rammer, and it is then swivelled back into position. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise Many of them were stripped to the waist, and their own fire lighted up their tan faces and their brown sinewy arms as they handled rammer and cannon shot. The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi The man with the rammer dropped to the earth and the rammer fell beside him. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad Often the sponge was on the opposite end of the rammer, and sometimes, instead of being lambskin-covered, the sponge was a bristle brush. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America A rammer, faced with hard wood or metal, with a graduated scale on the staff, near the muzzle, to show the distance of the front of the projectiles from the muzzle. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The gangs hauling at the rammers worked to the tune of a plaintive ditty which went slowly so as to give them plenty of breathing time. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People We were surprised to find that she mounted twelve brass guns, remarkably well fitted, and that everything was apparently ready for action, rammers and sponges, shot and wadding being all up and at hand. Poor Jack All were armed with muskets, which they were generally examining, and it was the ringing of many rammers in the musket barrels which had caused the noise I had heard. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him Turning the handle dumped the charge, which then had to be packed with the rammer. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America For all chambered guns except those of the Dahlgren pattern, the rammers will be adapted to the chamber, but, as above described, will answer equally well for the shot and selvagee wad. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Then we gied a great 'rammer' on the panels, an' ye cam' geyan fast to catch us. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 They worked like madmen, with rammer and cartridge, lever and lanyard. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians In a few minutes we were so close on board of her, that the men who loaded the guns could touch each other with their rammers and sponges. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 This having been well seated with strong blows of the rammer, he sponges out the piece. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The sponges and rammers are now to be attached in their places on the trail. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. They did not close entirely, however, for there was a space of about four inches left between them, to allow for the action of the rammer in loading. Frank on a Gun-Boat The guns were loaded, but rammers, matches, wadding, cannon-balls, were all out of place, and not immediately accessible. Famous Americans of Recent Times O ye paviours of the dreary road along which their cannon rolls for conquest! my blood throbs at every stroke of your rammers. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 With the ball in the bore, both men again manned the rammer to force the shot home and delivered a final single-stroke ram. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America As soon as the whole charge has been introduced, the Sponger and Loader together thrust it down smartly with the rammer, as in ordinary loading. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. In finishing the ramming, pound evenly all over the surface with the blunt end of the rammer. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do The gunners, the cannoneers, the spongers, the rammers and the ammunition passers were cut down with deadly certainty. The Shades of the Wilderness A Story of Lee's Great Stand The feeble crew were earnestly occupied in loading the guns, and rammers and spunges were handled, with all the intenseness which men would manifest in a moment so exciting. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas No. 1 put the rammer back on its prop. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America While 4 withdraws the Rammer, 3 is to receive the Shell from 5, lift and enter it, sabot first, into muzzle, fuze out, as soon as the rammer is clear thereof. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The rammer, F, is made of wood, and is wedge-shaped at one end and flat at the other, as shown. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do The ammunition lift brings up the projectile and charge, which latter is subdivided, like those employed in the German guns, in succession to the breech, the hydraulic rammer forcing them home. Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 Very little ramming was essayed after the first tragic downfall of rammer and rammed, and what ever attempts at boarding were made were invisible to Bert. The War in the Air The British captain stood for a moment motionless, and then he picked up a rammer and ran it into the muzzle of the cannon which had been discharged. The Great War Syndicate They had the gun, by this time, slewed round upon the swivel, and Hands, who was at the muzzle with the rammer, was in consequence the most exposed. Treasure Island In foundries each molder generally uses two rammers, but for the small work which will be described one will be sufficient. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Yes, yes; I shall not forget in a hurry how you laid about you with the rammer of the gun! Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 The click! click! click! of bayonets infuriated him, and he grasped the rammer and struck out blindly until it was shivered to pieces. The King in Yellow The artillerymen and sappers made a gallant stand, fighting the ghazees hand-to-hand with handspikes and rammers, while the guns poured canister into the advancing masses. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 There was only one rammer rod for fifty-four tanks. Blood Brothers A Medic's Sketch Book The rammer and sponger lay by the side of the small field-piece. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories Ram it home on to the powder with the rammer. Jim Davis He stepped forward, and entered his rammer into the cannon, after an unavailing attempt to blow with his blubber—lips through the touch hole. Tom Cringle's Log From the long horizontal pole of a great-gun rammer—fixed in its usual place overhead—hung a number of towels, with "U.S." marked in the corners. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War A capital plan is to mix a few bushels of chalk and dry earth, spread it over the floor, and pay a paviour's labourer a trifle to hammer it level with his rammer. The Book of Household Management The parrot replaced the rammer by the side of the sponger, and waited for further orders, standing erect close to the rear of the gun. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories There is a story that Bonaparte, when a lieutenant of artillery, in the heat of battle, seized the rammer and worked the gun of an artilleryman who had fallen. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics From time to time he saw a rammer waved excitedly as a shot went home, or heard, in a lull, the hoarse voices of the gunners when they called for "grape!" The Battle Ground There is the basin, sir; you will find a clean towel on the rammer. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War When they reach the highest point the flag is put up, and this is usually made on the spot, of a red silk handkerchief, one corner run through the rammer of a Springfield rifle. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 Leonard unhooked the rammer and ran it down the muzzle. The People of the Mist Instantly dropping the pail, she hastened to the cannon, seized the rammer, and with great skill and courage performed her husband's duty. A Brief History of the United States A knot of men, with clubbed rammers, bayonet thrusts, and quick revolver shots, fight for the smoking cannon. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance He did not want to go, and fear shook him; but he threw down the rammer which he had been serving, and drawing breath in long gasps, took a step forward. Aladdin O'Brien The sand falls of itself under the impact of the frontal rammer; the unyielding mould demands the cutting of a gallery. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography In any case, I could not well use thinner ones, for these disks must be able to withstand the pressure of the rammer which places them in position in the tube. Bramble-Bees and Others Her husband soon after came home, and endeavoured to extract it; but finding that impracticable, by the assistance of a rammer he forced it into her stomach. The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen After laying their eggs they cover them with a bed of sand, which they beat down with their carapaces as if they were rammers. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon He was now engaged in packing the pomace into horsehair bags with a rammer, and Gad Weedy, his man, was occupied in shovelling up more from a tub at his side. Desperate Remedies He pulled off the woolen rag he had twisted around the head of the rammer for a swab, wiped the rammer clean and bright and dropped it into the gun. The Red Acorn Within a few feet of it the horse swerved before a brandished rammer, and striking the cheeks of the gun-carriage pitched his inanimate rider across the gun. Sally Dows VII Yet the foeman, gun on gun, Through the "Richard" tore a road, With his gunners' rammers run Through our ports at every load, Till clear the blue beyond us through our yawning timbers showed. Complete Poetical Works He now rammed the bullet home, and withdrawing his rammer walked over to the cliff beside which the teamster was cowering. The Red Acorn |
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