Assertion: gunpowder | /r/CapableOf | remain true
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text: The improvements above described materially lessen the Rodman's initial strain, at the expense of requiring a longer gun to perfor-burn the powder completely, but it still remains true that, ^rtrid^e even with a charge composed of large, dense pieces, the evolution of gas is greatest at the commencement of com-bustion, and decreases as the grains burn away, although the space occupied by the gases increases as the shot travels along the bore.