Properties of powders and their action in closed chambers and in cannon
By: by A. Brynk ; translated from the Russian by John B. Bernadou
Series: Interior ballistics -- pt. 1.
Publisher: G.P.O.
Published: 1904
Place of publication: Washington [D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Gunpowder; Ballistics
Notes: "February 29, 1904"--p. 3.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Definition of interior ballistics; title: Kinds, varieties, and composition of powders; title: Products of combustion of powder: their temperature, quanity of heat developed by combustion, and the pressure of powder gases in a closed chamber; title: The inflammation and combustion of powder in the open air; title: The speed of combustion of powders at pressures differing from that of the atmosphere; title: The theoretical determination of the products of decomposition of a powder; their composition; volume of gases and of solid products; heat evolved on combustion; temperature of decomposition and force of a powder; title: Laws of motion of the projectile and determination of pressure in the bore of the gun; title: Influence of different circumstances on the results of firing.