| 单词 | whitworth gun or rifle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWhitworth gun or rifle a. In full, Whitworth gun or rifle: A form of rifle (either cannon or small arm) invented by Sir Joseph Whitworth of Manchester (1854), having a hexagonal bore with a rapid twist, and firing an elongated shot. Also attributive. Whitworth metal or Whitworth steel, a specially strong make of steel cast under hydraulic pressure, used for ordnance and for other purposes. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [noun] > type of firearm > by manufacturer Whitworth1858 Springfield1862 Krupp1883 Savage1893 Skoda1902 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [noun] > cast-steel > types of wootz1795 Whitworth metal1858 Whitworth steel1858 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > rifle > types of three-o(h)-three1683 air rifle1801 yager1817 big bore1838 seventy-five1840 telescopic rifle1850 Minié rifle1851 needle rifle1856 pea rifle1856 Lancaster1857 six-shooting1858 Whitworth1858 Henry1861 polygroove1863 telescopic-sighted rifle1863 spencer1866 magazine rifle1867 Snider rifle1868 chassepot1869 Martini–Henry rifle1869 Winchester1871 Mauser rifle1872 Martini1876 saloon rifle1881 express1884 express rifle1884 Mannlicher1884 Mauser1887 Lee-Enfield1888 Flobert1890 pump gun1890 take-down1895 two-two1895 Ross rifle1901 hammer-rifle1907 sporter1907 French 751914 twenty-two1925 machine-gun rifle1941 assault rifle1950 assault weapon1968 kalashnikov1970 assault rifle1975 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 380 The Whitworth has also a greater range, but at a cost of 300 per cent. more friction... The production of the Whitworth rifle will always be looked upon as an experiment of very great interest. 1860 All Year Round 15 Sept. 549 The Armstrong gun..is a built gun..; the Whitworth is a casting of what is called ‘homogeneous iron’. 1863 in Harvard Mem. Biogr. (1866) I. 251 One family had a Whitworth shot through their house yesterday. 1868 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. Not. & Abstr. 195 No. 1 projectile is Whitworth steel. 1869 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. (1870) 439 A projectile of ‘Whitworth’ metal. 1902 P. Marshall Metal Working Tools 63 For very small threads up to about ¼ in. diameter, the British Association thread is generally used, while beyond this size the Whitworth Standard is the best. < as lemmas |
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